Health Literacy, Social Determinants of Health, and Disease Prevention and Control

Steven S Coughlin^{1

2}, Marlo Vernon^{3

4}, Christos Hatzigeorgiou⁴, Varghese George¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
² Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
³ Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.

Steven S Coughlin et al. J Environ Health Sci. 2020.

. 2020;6(1):3061.

Epub 2020 Dec 16.

Steven S Coughlin^{1

2}, Marlo Vernon^{3

4}, Christos Hatzigeorgiou⁴, Varghese George¹

¹ Department of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
² Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
³ Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.

No abstract available

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