Discrepancy Between Patient Health Literacy Levels and Readability of Patient Education Materials from an Electronic Health Record
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عنوان ژورنال: HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2474-8307,2474-8307
DOI: 10.3928/24748307-20170918-01