Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of general internal medicine

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00529.xPMID 16881945PMCID PMC1831578
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