Practical Assessment of Adult Literacy in Health Care

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 613-624

  Davis, Terry C ^b   Michielutte, Robert ^c   Askov, Eunice N ^c   Williams, Mark V ^c   Weiss, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032177588     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500508     Document Type: Article

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