Importance of adult literacy in understanding health disparities

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 862-866

  Sentell, Tetine Lynn ^a   Halpin, Helen Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Education; Literacy; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RACE; READING; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745791525     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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