Inadequate functional health literacy among patients at two public hospitals.

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Published in JAMA on December 06, 1995

Authors

M V Williams1, R M Parker, D W Baker, N S Parikh, K Pitkin, W C Coates, J R Nurss

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga 30303, USA.

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