Measuring the ability to interpret medical information among the Japanese public and the relationship with inappropriate purchasing attitudes of health-related goods

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 386-398

  Takahashi, Yoshimitsu ^a   Sakai, Michi ^a,b   Fukui, Tsuguya ^c   Shimbo, Takuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

education (public health); health communication; health education; health informatics; psychological behavioral medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC OPINION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMERCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC OPINION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79957532400     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509344882     Document Type: Article

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