Health literacy and functional health status among older adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1946-1952

  Wolf, Michael S ^a   Gazmararian, Julie A ^b   Baker, David W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; RISK; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 25444449255     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.17.1946     Document Type: Review

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