Health literacy of Dutch adults: A cross sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Van Der Heide, Iris ^a,b   Rademakers, Jany ^b   Schipper, Maarten ^a   Droomers, Mariël ^c   Sorensen, Kristine ^d   Uiters, Ellen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General population; Health literacy; Netherlands; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874258144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-179     Document Type: Article

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