Environment, ecosystems, and ecological behavior: A dialogue toward developing nursing ecological theory

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-54

  Laustsen, Gary ^a  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Global ecology; Nursing theory; Theory derivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644610030     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200601000-00005     Document Type: Review

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