Generating scientific models of knowledge using arcs

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 286-292

  Kim, Jinshil ^a,d   Pressler, Susan J ^b   Jones, Josette ^a   Graves, Judith R ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Knowledge Research Group Inc   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcs ; Cachexia; Heart failure; Knowledge; Scientific models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET THERAPY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; STANDARD;

CACHEXIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SCIENCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 58749086374     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000325386.45459.a0     Document Type: Article

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