The behavior of preschoolers during and after brief surgical hospitalizations

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-133

  Rossen, Beth E ^a   McKeever, Patricia D ^b  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030114831     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460869609038052     Document Type: Article

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