Comparison of brief health literacy screens in the emergency department

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 539-545

  Kiechle, Eric S ^a,c   Hnat, Andrew T ^a   Norman, Kenneth E ^b   Viera, Anthony J ^a   DeWalt, Darren A ^b   Brice, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928766905     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.999893     Document Type: Article

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