Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Survey of Nurses’ Knowledge

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 281-287

  Heitkemper, Margaret ^a   Olden, Kevin ^b   Gordon, Susan ^c   Carter, Eric ^c   Chang, Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICS;

COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 0035524768     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-200111000-00005     Document Type: Article

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