Functional health literacy in patients with glaucoma in urban settings

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 718-724

  Juzych, Mark S ^a   Randhawa, Sandeep ^a   Shukairy, Aman ^a   Kaushal, Padmini ^a   Gupta, Anju ^a   Shalauta, Nadia ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 43549088115     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.5.718     Document Type: Article

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