The comprehensibility of asthma education materials

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Bauman, Adrian ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Comprehension; Media; Patient education; Written health education materials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ASTHMA; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0031446357     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(97)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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