Health literacy, health status, and healthcare utilization of taiwanese adults: Results from a national survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Shoou Yih D ^a   Tsai, Tzu I ^b   Tsai, Yi Wen ^b   Kuo, Ken N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957911267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-614     Document Type: Article

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