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Development and psychometric testing of the Health Literacy Index for Female Marriage Immigrants (HLI-FMI) in Korea

, PhD, MPH, RN & , PhD
Pages 1007-1030 | Received 26 Sep 2015, Accepted 06 Jul 2016, Published online: 10 Sep 2016

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