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Charting Consumer Health

A Novel Tool for Health Literacy: Using Comic Books to Combat Childhood Obesity

Talicia TarverTompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Deidra WoodsonHealth Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USAView further author information
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Nick FechterNick Fechter Illustration and Design, Shreveport, Louisiana, USAView further author information
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John VanchiereDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USAView further author information
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William OlmstadtHealth Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USAView further author information
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Charlie TudorHealth Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USAView further author information
Pages 152-159 | Published online: 20 Apr 2016

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