Arabs
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Mutations in lipase H cause autosomal recessive hypotrichosis simplex with woolly hair.

16 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Mutations in lipase H (LIPH) are a rare cause of autosomal recessive hypotrichosis (HT) simplex. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we investigated the clinical and molecular basis of HT simplex with woolly hair in 3 nonrelated families. METHODS: ... Read more...

Jordanian and Palestinian immigrant women's knowledge, affect, cultural attitudes, health habits, and participation in breast cancer screening.

30 Aug 2009 Our purpose in this report is to describe relationships among knowledge, affect, attitudes, including cultural beliefs, about breast cancer screening (BCS), and health habits to BCS participation in a convenience sample of 130 immigrant women with ... Read more...

Perception that "everything requires a lot of effort": transcultural SCL-25 item validation.

30 Aug 2009 This brief report illustrates how the migration context can affect specific item validity of mental health measures. The SCL-25 was administered to 432 recently settled immigrants (220 Haitian and 212 Arabs). We performed descriptive analyses, as ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Arabs'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Academic medicine as a bridge to peace: building Arab and Israeli cooperation. 30 Oct 2009
• Mutations in lipase H cause autosomal recessive hypotrichosis simplex with woolly hair. 16 Sep 2009
• Saving my heart. 13 Sep 2009
• Jordanian and Palestinian immigrant women's knowledge, affect, cultural attitudes, health habits, and participation in breast cancer screening. 30 Aug 2009
• Perception that "everything requires a lot of effort": transcultural SCL-25 item validation. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of overweight and leisure-time activities on aerobic fitness in urban and rural adolescents. 30 Jul 2009
• Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with low serum ferritin levels in Israeli Arab children: a seroepidemiologic study. 30 Jul 2009
• Attitudes of Arab-Muslims toward integration of complementary medicine in primary-care clinics in Israel: the Bedouin mystery. 30 Jul 2009
• Modern anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli attitudes. 30 Jul 2009
• Fanning the flames of prejudice: the influence of specific incidental emotions on implicit prejudice. 30 Jul 2009
• Dissemination of Kingella kingae in the community and long-term persistence of invasive clones. 30 Jul 2009
• The health of Arab-Americans living in the United States: a systematic review of the literature. 28 Jul 2009
• Plague outbreak in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 30 Jun 2009
• Distribution of molecular breast cancer subtypes in middle eastern-saudi arabian women: a pilot study. 29 Jun 2009
• Is elder abuse and neglect a social phenomenon? Data from the First National Prevalence Survey in Israel. 29 Jun 2009
• Age related reference ranges of heart rate for Saudi children and adolescents. 29 Jun 2009
• Healthcare needs of noninstitutionalized Jordanian cancer patients: an exploratory descriptive study. 29 Jun 2009
• Education for primary care. [Letter] 29 Jun 2009
• Teaching ethics in religious or cultural conflict situations: a personal perspective. 29 Jun 2009
• The thirty-fifth case of cutis laxa type II (Debre type). 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Arabs'

Definition: Members of a Semitic people inhabiting the Arabian peninsula or other countries of the Middle East and North Africa. The term may be used with reference to ancient, medieval, or modern ethnic or cultural groups. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D018912

Alternative terms: Arabs; Arab; Palestinians; Palestinian; Bedouins; Bedouin;

Related Mesh Headings: Islam;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.754.167;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: specify geog if relevant