Health literacy: a necessity for increasing participation in health care
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Health literacy: a necessity for increasing participation in health care.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09x472584