Health Literacy: A Pathway to Better Oral Health in Primary School Students

Goodarzi, Azam; Hidarnia, Alireza; Goodarzi, Azam

Health Literacy: A Pathway to Better Oral Health in Primary School Students

Authors

azam Goodarzi ¹

Alireza Hidarnia ²

azam Goodarzi ¹

¹ Ph.D. Candidate of Health Education and Health Promotion and Research Committee, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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