Florence Nightingale: Passionate Statistician

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-277

  McDonald, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HISTORY; HUMAN; MILITARY NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032087043     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089801019801600215     Document Type: Article

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