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. 2025 Aug 7;4(8):e0000979.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000979. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Health literacy is much more than knowing about health; it also involves the emotions experienced during illness

Felipe Cezar Cabral  1 , Maria Eulália Vinadé Chagas  1 , Gabriela de Oliveira Laguna Silva  1 , Guilherme Alcides Flores Soares Rollin  1 , Mariana Giordano Cordoni  2   3 , Lindayane Debom Motta  1 , Leo Anthony Celi  4 , Taís de Campos Moreira  1
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Health literacy is much more than knowing about health; it also involves the emotions experienced during illness

Felipe Cezar Cabral et al. PLOS Digit Health. .
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