Organizational characteristics and their effect on health

Nursing Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-76

  Way, Mary ^a   MacNeil, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33645834559     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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