Health literacy, socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Japan

Health Promotion International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 505-513

  Furuya, Yoko ^a   Kondo, Naoki ^b   Yamagata, Zentaro ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canada; employee health; financial performance; wellness initiatives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84940666983     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat071     Document Type: Article

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