The new genetics: A research agenda for nurses?

Nursing Times Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-163

  Day, Lorna ^a   Patch, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Southamp ton General Hospital

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EID: 84990353967     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136140960200700302     Document Type: Editorial

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