Readability of printed patient information for epileptic patients

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1856-1861

  Foster, David R ^a   Rhoney, Denise H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WSU   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; READING; STANDARD;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING;

EID: 0036896817     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1C098     Document Type: Article

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