An educational programme for nursing college staff and students during a MERS- coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia

BMC Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stirling, Bridget V ^a   Harmston, Jennie ^a   Alsobayel, Hana ^a  

^a PRINCESS NOURAH BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84928395549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0065-y     Document Type: Article

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