It's more than literacy: The assimilation effect of the translation model

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-328

  Saini, Fabio ^a   Rowling, Louise ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health information; Literacy; Translation model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; READING;

EID: 0031426321     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961841     Document Type: Article

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