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Health Literacy Skills in Rural and Urban Populations

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ID15329149
AuthorsWhitney Zahnd, Whitney E Zahnd (0000-0001-5174-8666, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume33
Issue5
Pages550-7
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359
PublisherPNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5993/ajhb.33.5.8
PMID19296745
OpenAlexW2092149319
LanguageEN
Citations received36

Health literacy is lower in the rural population although this difference is explained by known confounders

Adult literacy · Confounding · Environmental health · Health care · Health literacy · Literacy · Metropolitan area · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Rural area · Sociology · Demography · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Psychology

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Unique citing works36
Citations per year2,57
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 35

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