Health literacy and women's health-related behaviors in Taiwan

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-218

  Lee, Shoou Yih D ^a   Tsai, Tzu I ^b   Tsai, Yi Wen ^b   Kuo, Ken N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health knowledge; Health literacy; Health prevention behavior; Health promotion behavior; Pap smear; Smoking; Taiwan; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84859234115     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198111413126     Document Type: Article

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