Health literacy as a moderator of health-related quality of life responses to chronic disease among Chinese rural women

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Cuili ^a   Kane, Robert L ^b   Xu, Dongjuan ^a,b   Meng, Qingyue ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Chronic disease; EQ 5D; Health literacy; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927759642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0190-5     Document Type: Article

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