More than meets the eye: Relationship between low health literacy and poor vision in hospitalized patients

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 197-204

  Press, Valerie G ^a   Shapiro, Madeleine I ^b   Mayo, Ainoa M ^a   Meltzer, David O ^a   Arora, Vineet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISION DISORDERS; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84885608771     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.830346     Document Type: Article

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