The ABCs of health literacy

Family and Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-357

  Mika, Virginia S ^a   Kelly, Patricia J ^c   Price, Michelle A ^b   Franquiz, Maria ^b   Villarreal, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Health literacy; Patient education

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244445566     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200510000-00007     Document Type: Review

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