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Searching MEDLINE for Journal Articles

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  • Minority Groups
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    Journal Articles

  • Searching MEDLINE

    Books

  • Finding Material in Orbis

    • Searching for journal articles about minorities and health requires using a variety of terms to describe the minority group in question. If you want a comprehensive retrieval of relevant articles, combine health terms or diseases with the terms for the minority group. Medical subject heading (MeSH) used to describe the major minority groups in the United States are:

    African American - also search Blacks, Afro-Americans, Negro, Negroes

    Asian Americans - also search Chinese, Japanese, Korea, Vietnamese, Hawaiians, Samoans

    Hispanic Americans - also search Latinos, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Spanish Americans

    Native Americans and Alaskan Natives - also search Indians, North American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, Inuits, Amerinds

    Subject Headings for Ethnic Groups or persons, use:

    Aborigines
    Arabs
    Asian Americans
    Blacks
    Eskimos
    Gypsies
    Hispanic Americans
    Indians, Central American
    Indians, North American
    Indians, South American
    Jews
    Whites

    MeSH Subject Headings for races, ("racial stock - differentiated by genetic and physical characteristics"), use:

    Australoid race
    Caucasoid race
    Mongoloid race
    Negroid race