Health literacy in Europe: Comparative results of the European health literacy survey (HLS-EU)

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1053-1058

  Sørensen, Kristine ^a   Pelikan, Jürgen M ^b   Röthlin, Florian ^b   Ganahl, Kristin ^b   Slonska, Zofia ^c   Doyle, Gerardine ^d   Fullam, James ^d   Kondilis, Barbara ^e   Agrafiotis, Demosthenes ^f   Uiters, Ellen ^g   Falcon, Maria ^h   Mensing, Monika ⁱ   Tchamov, Kancho ^j   Van Den Broucke, Stephan ^k   Helmut Brand, ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e HELLENIC AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ NRW Centre for Health   (Germany)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^k UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946584210     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv043     Document Type: Article

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