Nurses' attitudes towards computers: Cross sectional questionnaire study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-104

  Brumini, Gordana ^a   Ković, Ivor ^a   Zombori, Dejvid ^b   Lulić, Ileana ^a   Petrovečki, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 15744403181     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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