Accurate Data: An Essential Component in Reducing Needlestick Injuries

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 316-324

  Fletcher, Carol E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84993709311     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152715440000100410     Document Type: Article

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