Health literacy rates in a sample of active duty military personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1137-1143

  Weld, Konstantine Keian ^a   Padden, Diane ^b   Ricciardi, Richard ^c   Bibb, Sandra C Garmon ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349109108     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-02-4308     Document Type: Article

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