Validation of an Arab name algorithm in the determination of Arab ancestry for use in health research

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-647

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b,c   Lauderdale, Diane S ^d   Galea, Sandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; health; identification; name algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; ALGORITHM; ANCESTRY; DATA SET; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; RESEARCH WORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARAB; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARABS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED STATES;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 78650103697     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.505979     Document Type: Article

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