Impact of bilingual product information labels on Spanish-speaking adults' ability to comprehend OTC information

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 410-425

  Sansgiry, Sujit S ^a   Chanda, Surupa ^a   Shringarpure, Gauri S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Over the counter; Product Information Label (PIL); Spanish speaking consumers

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG LABELING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37049032856     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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