Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of brief health literacy and numeracy screening instruments in an urban emergency department.

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Published in Acad Emerg Med on February 01, 2014

Authors

Christopher R Carpenter1, Kimberly A Kaphingst, Melody S Goodman, Margaret J Lin, Andrew T Melson, Richard T Griffey

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Emergency Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

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