[Evidence based nursing in long-term care].
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This article is published in Nihon Naika Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.The article was published on 2008-10-10 and is currently open access. It has received 0 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Evidence-based nursing & Long-term care.read more
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