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Brief Health Literacy Screening Items Predict Newest Vital Sign Scores

Vanessa Stagliano and Lorraine S. Wallace
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2013, 26 (5) 558-565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.130096
Vanessa Stagliano
From the Department of Family Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Lorraine S. Wallace
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