Literacy: Influence on Access and Use of the Health Care System

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue , 2005, Pages 277-295

  Seccombe, Karen ^a   Lockwood, Richard S ^a   Reder, Stephen ^a  

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EID: 33645870440     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-4959(05)23013-2     Document Type: Review

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