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Volume 20, 2015 - Issue sup2: Current Perspectives in Health Literacy Research
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Health Literacy, Smoking, and Health Indicators in African American Adults

Diana Stewart HooverDepartment of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer I. VidrineDepartment of Family & Preventive Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Sanjay SheteDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Claire A. SpearsDepartment of Psychology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
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Miguel A. CanoDepartment of Epidemiology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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Virmarie Correa-FernándezDepartment of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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David W. WetterDepartment of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA;Department of Psychology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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Lorna H. McNeillDepartment of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Pages 24-33 | Published online: 29 Oct 2015

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