Health literacy: The essential catalyst for the responsible and effective translation of genome-based information for the benefit of population health

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Sørensen, Kristine ^a   Brand, Helmut ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health information; Health literacy; Knowledge translation; Public health genomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOMICS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION;

GENOME; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79960134175     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324241     Document Type: Article

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