Connecting pharmacy and literacy: The North Carolina medication information literacy project

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-280

  Kirk, Julienne K ^a,b   Krick, Stacie ^b   Futrell, Debra ^b   Devora, Teresa ^b   Caiola, Stephen M ^b   Mason, Elaine ^b   Sawyer, William T ^b   Gal, Peter ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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