A health comparison of Alabama nurses versus US, UK, and Canadian normative populations

Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 172-182

  Holman, G Talley ^a   Thomas, Robert E ^b   Brown, Kathleen C ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Health; Nursing; Population; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350622175     PISSN: 13613111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joon.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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