Health literacy level of hispanic college students

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 61-65

  Mas, Francisco Soto ^a   Jacobson, Holly E ^a   Dong, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Latino students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898419580     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0000000000000050     Document Type: Article

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