The relationship between health, education, and health literacy: Results from the dutch adult literacy and life skills survey

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 172-184

  Van Der Heide, Iris ^a,b   Wang, Jen ^c   Droomers, Mariël ^d   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^b   Rademakers, Jany ^b   Uiters, Ellen ^a  

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

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84885659009     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.825668     Document Type: Article

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