Health literacy of adults presenting to an urban ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 875-882

  Olives, Travis ^a   Patel, Roma ^a   Patel, Sagar ^a   Hottinger, Julie ^a   Miner, James R ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH LITERACY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ADULTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053599731     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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