Health information literacy Outreach: Improving health literacy and access to reliable health information in rural Oxford County Maine

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-340

  Kurtz Rossi, Sabrina ^a,b   Duguay, Patricia ^a  

^a Rumford ME ^*  (United States)

^b Kurtz Rossi and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult literacy; Consumer health information; Health literacy; Public libraries; Rural health; School health education; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649606623     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15397734.2010.524089     Document Type: Article

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