Readability of patient education materials

JNMS - Journal of the Neuromusculoskeletal System

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-11

  Reed Pierce, Regina ^a,b   Cardinal, Bradley J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic education; Health education; Patient counseling

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042968786     PISSN: 10678239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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