Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1503-1509

  Baker, David W ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^a   Feinglass, Joseph ^a   Thompson, Jason A ^a   Gazmararian, Julie A ^b   Huang, Jenny ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547141768     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.14.1503     Document Type: Article

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