Functional health literacy in a population-based sample in Florence: a cross-sectional study using the Newest Vital Sign
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2044-6055,2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026356