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Health Literacy: Essential for Health Communication

RUTH M. PARKER Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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JULIE A. GAZMARARIAN Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pages 116-118 | Published online: 15 Dec 2010

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