Relationship of functional health literacy to patients' knowledge of their chronic disease: A study of patients with hypertension and diabetes

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-172

  Williams, Mark V ^a   Baker, David W ^b   Parker, Ruth M ^a   Nurss, Joanne R ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031985505     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.2.166     Document Type: Article

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