Low health literacy associates with increased mortality in ESRD

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1979-1985

  Cavanaugh, Kerri L ^a   Wingard, Rebecca L ^a   Hakim, Raymond M ^a   Eden, Svetlana ^a   Shintani, Ayumi ^a   Wallston, Kenneth A ^a   Huizinga, Mary Margaret ^a   Elasy, Tom A ^b   Rothman, Russell L ^b,c   Ikizler, T Alp ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78149287967     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2009111163     Document Type: Article

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