Recommendations for advancing health literacy measurement

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 9-14

  Mccormack, Lauren ^a   Haun, Jolie ^b   Sørensen, Kristine ^c   Valerio, Melissa ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885598189     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.829892     Document Type: Article

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