Ethnic inequalities in mortality: The case of Arab-Americans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b,c   Tracy, Melissa ^a,d   Scarborough, Peter ^b   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARAB AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; ARAB; CULTURAL FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555191284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029185     Document Type: Article

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