The Relationship Between Acculturation and General Health of Arab Americans

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Jadalla, Ahlam ^a   Lee, Jerry ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Arab Americans; correlational design; general health; health; SF 36; transcultural health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863391725     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659611434058     Document Type: Article

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