Health literacy and urbanicity among cancer patients

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-402

  Halverson, Julie ^a,b   Martinez Donate, Ana ^a,b   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,b   Walsh, Matthew C ^a   Strickland, Jeanne Schaaf ^b   Palta, Mari ^a   Smith, Paul D ^c   Cleary, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health disparities; Health literacy; Rural; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RURAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CANCER; HEALTH DISPARITIES; HEALTH LITERACY; RURAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84884981495     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12018     Document Type: Article

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