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Health literacy and asthma management among African-American adults: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

, PhD, MS, , PhD, , PhD, , PharmD, PhD & , MD, MPH
Pages 703-713 | Received 24 Oct 2013, Accepted 16 Mar 2014, Published online: 09 Apr 2014

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