Health behaviours and attitudes towards being role models

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 86-94

  Blake, Holly ^a   Harrison, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health behaviours; Nurses; Role models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874847664     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.2.86     Document Type: Article

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