Enhancing student knowledge about the prevalence and consequences of low health literacy

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 460-466

  Sicat, Brigitte L ^a   Hill, Lilian H ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Literacy; Pharmacy education

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744501052     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj690462     Document Type: Article

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