Brief functional English proficiency measure for health survey research

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-165

  Klimidis, Steven ^a   Reddy, Prasuna ^a   Minas, I Harry ^a   Lewis, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 4043156265     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060410001701870     Document Type: Review

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