Limited literacy and mortality in the elderly: the health, aging, and body composition study.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on August 01, 2006

Authors

Rebecca L Sudore1, Kristine Yaffe, Suzanne Satterfield, Tamara B Harris, Kala M Mehta, Eleanor M Simonsick, Anne B Newman, Caterina Rosano, Ronica Rooks, Susan M Rubin, Hilsa N Ayonayon, Dean Schillinger

Author Affiliations

1: University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. rsucsf@yahoo.com

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