The causal pathways linking health literacy to health outcomes.

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Published in Am J Health Behav on October 12, 2007

Authors

Michael K Paasche-Orlow1, Michael S Wolf

Author Affiliations

1: Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA. mpo@bu.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Reducing Assessment Barriers for Patients With Low Literacy | NCT03584490

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