Prevalence of disability among US- and foreign-born Arab Americans: Results from the 2000 US Census

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-161

  Dallo, Florence J ^a   Al Snih, Soham ^b   Ajrouch, Kristine J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Arab American; Disability; Nativity status; US Census

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARAB; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; EGYPT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAQ; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CARE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARAB WORLD; CENSUSES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62249176190     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151538     Document Type: Article

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