Literacy and health in Canada: Is it really a problem?;L'équation « littératie-santé » au Canada: S'agit-il vraiment d'un problème?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Rootman, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; READING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0348226876     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405074     Document Type: Editorial

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