A national cross-sectional study on nurses' intent to leave and job satisfaction in Lebanon: Implications for policy and practice

BMC Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  El Jardali, Fadi ^a   Dimassi, Hani ^b   Dumit, Nuhad ^a   Jamal, Diana ^a   Mouro, Gladys ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

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EID: 64949134819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-8-3     Document Type: Article

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