The evolution of health literacy assessment tools: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Altin, Sibel Vildan ^a   Finke, Isabelle ^b   Kautz Freimuth, Sibylle ^a   Stock, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Health literacy; Measurement; Reporting quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928813056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1207     Document Type: Review

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