Interpretation of drug label instructions: A study among four immigrants groups in the Netherlands

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 274-281

  Koster, Ellen S ^a   Blom, Lyda ^a   Winters, Nina A ^a   Van Hulten, Rolf P ^a   Bouvy, Marcel L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug label; Ethnic background; Health literacy; Interpretation; Migrants; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INTERPRETATION; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ADOLESCENT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LANGUAGE; MIGRANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84899918328     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-013-9873-x     Document Type: Article

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