A winning combination: Women, literacy, and participation in health care

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 754-760

  Gannon, Wendy ^a,c   Hildebrandt, Eugenie ^b  

^a Harford Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; SELF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036725982     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330290107494     Document Type: Article

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