"Xenophobia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Intense or irrational dislike or fear of anything that is strange or foreign, particularly of people who are strangers or foreigners. It is an attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-natives in a given population that includes attitudes, prejudices and behavior that reject, exclude or vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.
| Descriptor ID |
D065806
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.813.550.875 F01.145.813.629.875 F01.829.595.875
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xenophobia" by people in Profiles.
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Prioritizing Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Health Equity Agenda. Acad Med. 2022 06 01; 97(6):786-789.