Collaborating with public libraries, public health departments, and rural hospitals to provide consumer health information services

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Carter, Nakia ^a   Wallace, Richard ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health; Health literacy education; Outreach; Rural health

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649535077     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v11n04_01     Document Type: Article

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