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Comment
. 2008 Jun 3;178(12):1573-4.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080628.

Health literacy and harm: who is at risk? What is the fix?

Allan Frankel  1
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Health literacy and harm: who is at risk? What is the fix?

Allan Frankel. CMAJ. .
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