The mini mental status exam as a surrogate measure of health literacy.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on December 11, 2013

Authors

Allison R Dahlke1, Laura M Curtis, Alex D Federman, Michael S Wolf

Author Affiliations

1: Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.

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