Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 148-152 , January 2010

Poorly Numerate Patients in an Inner City Hospital Misunderstand the American Urological Association Symptom Score

  • Viraj A. Master

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Viraj A. Master, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365 Clifton road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30 322, 404-217-6419
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  • Timothy V. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Ammara Abbasi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Samantha S. Ehrlich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Renee S. Kleris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Sundus Abbasi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Adam Prater

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Ashli Owen-Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Michael Goodman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

Received 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 25 June 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)00939-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.060

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 148-152 , January 2010

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