Characteristics of people with low health literacy on coronary heart disease GP registers in South London: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rowlands, Gillian P ^a   Mehay, Anita ^b   Hampshire, Sally ^b   Phillips, Rachel ^b   Williams, Paul ^b   Mann, Anthony ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^c   Walters, Paul ^b   Tylee, Andre T ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW HEALTH LITERACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873476524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001503     Document Type: Article

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