Health Literacy and Aging

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  • Narjes Hazar Health Monitoring Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  • Saeed Hosseini Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  • Vali Bahrevar Department of Health Education & Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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volume 7  issue 2

pages  56- 57

publication date 2021-12

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