Selecting family measurements

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-206

  Ganong, Lawrence H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Measurement; Nursing research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649106458     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840703009002005     Document Type: Article

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