Occupational Stress and Coping among Nurses

Journal of Health Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-127

  Parikh, Purvi ^a   Taukari, Atish ^a   Bhattacharya, Tanmay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

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EID: 84990373714     PISSN: 09720634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097206340400600203     Document Type: Article

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