Effect of gender on communication of health information to older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 637-641

  Dearborn, Jennifer L ^a   Panzer, Victoria P ^a,b,d   Burleson, Joseph A ^b   Hornung, Frederick E ^a   Waite, Harrison ^a,c   Into, Frances H ^b  

^a Brookside Research and Development Company   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^c EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Gender; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STEREOTYPY; VOICE CHANGE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; VOICE;

EID: 33645505541     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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