Health literacy and health care in an inner-city, total laryngectomy population

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-31

  Beitler, Jonathan J ^a   Chen, Amy Y ^a   Jacobson, Kara ^b   Owens, Alma ^a   Edwards, Megan ^c   Johnstone, Peter A S ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AREA;

COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 71649096518     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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