Skill set or mind set? Associations between health literacy, patient activation and health.

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Published in PLoS One on September 04, 2013

Authors

Samuel G Smith1, Laura M Curtis, Jane Wardle, Christian von Wagner, Michael S Wolf

Author Affiliations

1: Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

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