Health literacy and performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-29

  Baker, D W ^a   Gazmararian, J A ^b   Sudano, J ^a   Patterson, M ^a   Parker, R M ^c   Williams, M V ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Prudential Ctr for Hlth Care Res   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING;

EID: 0036165734     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860120101121     Document Type: Article

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