Health literacy and asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 935-942

  Rosas Salazar, Christian ^a   Apter, Andrea J ^b   Canino, Glorisa ^c   Celedón, Juan C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Asthma; health literacy; health outcomes; literacy; numeracy

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 84859155640     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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