Barriers: A critical review of recent literature

Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 196-201

  Melnyk, Kay Ann McCullock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023695454     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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