Information needs and seeking behaviours of nurses: A survey of two hospitals in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Health Education

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 183-195

  Baro, Emmanuel E ^a   Ebhomeya, Loveth ^a,b  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Databases; Decision making; Information; Information facilities; Libraries; Nigeria; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877795243     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281311309828     Document Type: Article

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