The prevalence of self-reported chronic conditions among Arab, Chaldean, and African Americans in Southeast Michigan

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-300

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

^a Arab American and Chaldean Council   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Arab; Black; Chaldean; Chronic conditions

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHALDEAN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARABS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349759781     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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