Associations between health literacy and beliefs about medicines in an Irish obstetric population

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-114

  Duggan, Lydia ^a   McCarthy, Suzanne ^a,b   Curtis, Laura M ^c   Wolf, Michael S ^c   Noone, Caroline ^b   Higgins, John R ^a   O'Shea, Susan ^b   Sahm, Laura J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; IRELAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; IRELAND; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908127241     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.936570     Document Type: Review

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