Development of a constipation risk assessment scale

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 260-263

  Duffy, Jackie ^a   Zernike, Wendy ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment scale; Constipation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031301189     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.1997.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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