Building health literacy in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 525-526

  Nutbeam, Don ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 77449139129     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03301.x     Document Type: Editorial

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