Disparities in self-reported diabetes mellitus among Arab, Chaldean, and Black Americans in Southeast Michigan

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 397-405

  Jamil, Hikmet ^a,b   Fakhouri, Monty ^a   Dallo, Florence ^c   Templin, Thomas ^d   Khoury, Radwan ^a   Fakhouri, Haifa ^a  

^a Arab American and Chaldean Council   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab; Black; Chaldean; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARABS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48449094713     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9108-0     Document Type: Article

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