Interventions for low health literate audiences

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 504-515

  MacKert, Michael ^a,c   Whitten, Pamela ^b,d   Garcia, Adriana ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 1 University Station A1200   (United States)

^d 424 College of Communication Arts and Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 39049108769     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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