Mapping health literacy research in the European Union: A bibliometric analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Kondilis, Barbara K ^a,b   Kiriaze, Ismene J ^a,b   Athanasoulia, Anastasia P ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPETENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; IRELAND; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; READING; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS;

EID: 49649095886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002519     Document Type: Article

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