Readability of printed sources of diet and health information

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-134

  Dollahite, Jamie ^a   Thompson, Cecelia ^a   McNew, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet and health; Literacy; Nutrition education; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030007426     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(95)00829-2     Document Type: Article

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