Protecting the power of interventions through proper reporting

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Conn, Vicki S ^a   Groves, Patricia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; WRITING;

HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 81055150422     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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