Arab American Data Publications List

    1. Schwartz KL, Kulwicki A, Weiss LK, Fakhouri H, Sakr W, Kau G, Severson RK. Cancer among Arab Americans in the metropolitan Detroit area. Ethn Dis. 2004 Winter;14(1):141-6.

    2. Sawaf H, Lorenzana A, Dombi G, Hamre M, Schwartz K. Childhood cancer among Arab Americans in southeast Michigan. Ethn Dis. 2005 Winter;15(1 Suppl 1):S1-13-4.

    3. Schwartz K, Fakhouri M, Bartoces M, Monsur J, Younis A. Mammography screening among Arab American women in metropolitan Detroit. J Immigr Minor Health. 2008 Dec;10(6):541-9.

    4. Hensley Alford S, Schwartz K, Soliman A, Johnson CC, Gruber SB, Merajver SD. Breast cancer characteristics at diagnosis and survival among Arab-American women compared to European- and African-American women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Mar;114(2):339-46

    5. Kato I, Yee CL, Ruterbusch JJ, Schwartz K. Patterns of Cancer in the First Generation of Immigrants from the Arab League and Other Countries.  Journal of Registry Management, Fall 2009, 36(3): 71-76.

    6. Dallo FJ, Schwartz K, Ruterbusch JJ, Booza J, Williams DR.  Mortality Rates Among Arab Americans in Michigan. J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Feb 12.

    7. Peterson L, Soliman A, Ruterbusch JJ, Smith N, Schwartz K. Comparison of Exposures Among Arab American and Non-Hispanic White Female Thyroid Cancer Cases in Metropolitan Detroit. J Immigr Minor Health. J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Dec;13(6):1033-40.

    8. Hirko KA, Soliman AS, Banerjee M, Ruterbusch J, Harford JB, Chamberlain RM, Graff JJ, Merajver SD, Schwartz K. Characterizing inflammatory breast cancer among Arab Americans in the California, Detroit and New Jersey Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registries (1988-2008). Springerplus. 2013 Dec;2(1):3. Epub 2013 Jan 7.

    9. Schwartz K, Beebani G, Sedki M, Tahhan M, Ruterbusch JJ. Enhancement and validation of an arab surname database. J Registry Manag. 2013 Winter;40(4):176-9.

    10. Khan F, Ruterbusch JJ, Gomez SL, Schwartz K. Differences in the cancer burden among foreign-born and US-born Arab Americans living in metropolitan Detroit. Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Nov;24(11):1955-61.

    11. Bergmans R, Soliman AS, Ruterbusch J, Meza R, Hirko K, Graff J, Schwartz K.  Cancer Incidence Among Arab Americans in California, Detroit, and New Jersey SEER Registries. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jun;104(6):e83-91.

    12. Dallo FJ, Ruterbusch JJ, Kirma JD, Schwartz K, Fakhouri M. A Health Profile of Arab Americans in Michigan: A Novel Approach to Using a Hospital Administrative Database.  J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Dec;18(6):1449-1454.

    13. Dallo FJ, Ruterbusch JJ, McCullough JR, Sreedhar S, Schwartz K, Mulhem E. Diabetes Management Among Arab Americans Who Sought Care at a Large Metropolitan Hospital System in Michigan. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Jun;21(3):490-496

    14. Dallo FJ, Prabhakar D, Ruterbusch J, Schwartz K, Peterson EL, Liu B, Ahmedani BK. Screening and follow-up for depression among Arab Americans. Depress Anxiety. 2018 Dec;35(12):1198-1206.

    15. Reznar MM, Dallo FJ, Kurecka AJ, Ruterbusch JJ, Schwartz K, Tariq M. The Burden of Chronic Health Conditions among Iraqi Refugees in Michigan. Michigan Journal of Public Health. 2020 volume 10(1).

    16. Yaldo LM, Dallo FJ, Ruterbusch J, Schwartz K, Jamil HJ. The Burden of and Factors Associated with Age-Related Eye Diseases in Arab American Adults. J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Oct;24(5):1095-1102. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01279-4. Epub 2021 Sep 24.

    17. Dallo FJ, Kindratt TB, Seaton R, Ruterbusch JJ. The Disproportionate Burden of Covid-19 Cases among Arab Americans. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Jun;10(3):1108-1114. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01298-3. Epub 2022 Apr 8.

    18. Dallo FJ, Williams DR, Ruterbusch JJ, Mittleman MA, Sakyi KS, Mostofsky E, Rimawi A, Qu X, Reid TG, Schwartz K. Politically-Related Stress and Low Birth Weight Infants among Arab, Asian, Hispanic, non-Hispanic black, and non-Hispanic white Women in Michigan.  (under review)

    1. Hekman K, Weir S, Fussman C, Lyon-Callo S. 2015. Health Risk Behaviors Among Arab Adults Within the State of Michigan: 2013 Arab Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lifecourse Epidemiology and Genomics Division and Health Disparities Reduction and Minority Health Section.

    2. Housey M, DeGuire P, Lyon-Callo S, Wang L, Marder W, McCune WJ, Helmick CG, Gordon C, Dhar JP, Leisen J, Somers EC. Incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus among Arab and Chaldean Americans in southeastern Michigan: the Michigan Lupus Epidemiology and Surveillance Program. Am J Public Health. 2015 May;105(5):e74-9.

    3. Beebe-Dimmer JL, Finlay DG, Ruterbusch JJ, Baird T, Simon MS, Abrams J, Harper FWK, Podgorski I, Heath EI. The impact of high intensity interval training in a diverse group of cancer survivors: CAPABLE, a pilot study. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Jun 22;35:102288. eCollection 2023 Oct.

    4. Corey L, Seaton R, Ruterbusch JJ, Bretschneider CE, Vezina A, Do T, Hobson D, Winer I. Concurrent Surgery for Locoregional Gynecologic Cancers and Pelvic Floor Disorders in a Population of Patients With Medicare Insurance. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Apr 1;141(4):629-641.  Epub 2023 Mar 9.

    5. Mandelblatt JS, Ruterbusch JJ, Thompson HS, Zhou X, Bethea TN, Adams-Campbell L, Purrington K, Schwartz AG. Association between major discrimination and deficit accumulation in African American cancer survivors: The Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors Study. Cancer. 2023 May 15;129(10):1557-1568. Epub 2023 Mar 20.

    6. Mullins MA, Ruterbusch J, Cote ML, Uppal S, Wallner LP. Trends in hospice referral timing and location among individuals dying of ovarian cancer: persistence of missed opportunities. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2023 May 19:ijgc-2023-004405. Online ahead of print.

    7. Purrington KS, Hastert TA, Madhav KC, Nair M, Snider N, Ruterbusch JJ, Schwartz AG, Stoffel EM, Peters ES, Rozek LS. The role of area-level socioeconomic disadvantage in racial disparities in cancer incidence in metropolitan Detroit. Cancer Med. 2023 May 15.

    8. Raychaudhuri S, Kyko JM, Ruterbusch JJ, Pandolfi SS, Beebe-Dimmer JL, Schwartz AG, Simon MS.  The impact of preexisting comorbidities on receipt of cancer therapy among women with Stage I-III breast cancer in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors cohort. Cancer Med. 2023 Sep;12(18):19021-19032. Epub 2023 Aug 11.

    9. Robinson JRM, Hastert TA, Beebe-Dimmer JL, Schwartz AG, Ruterbusch JJ, Pandolfi SS, Rundle AG.  Housing instability and psychological distress in African American cancer survivors: findings from the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors study. J Cancer Surviv. 2025 Feb;19(1):356-364. doi: 10.1007/s11764-023-01471-5. Epub 2023 Oct 6.

    10. Snider NG, Hastert TA, Nair M, Kc M, Ruterbusch JJ, Schwartz AG, Peters ES, Stoffel EM, Rozek LS, Purrington KS.  Area-level Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Cancer Survival in Metropolitan Detroit. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 Feb 1:OF1-OF11. Online ahead of print.

    11. Sreeram K, Seaton R, Greenwald MK, Kamgar M, Assad H, Baird T, Schwartz AG, Ruterbusch J, Simon MS. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in the Detroit research on cancer survivors (ROCS) cohort. Cancer Causes Control. 2023 May;34(5):459-468. Epub 2023 Mar 19.

    12. Wharram CE, Kyko JM, Ruterbusch JJ, Beebe-Dimmer JL, Schwartz AG, Cote ML.  Use of electronic cigarettes among African American cancer survivors.  Cancer. 2023 Oct 15;129(20):3334-3345. Epub 2023 Jul 3.