Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 10-15 , February 2006

Health services use and growth patterns among older siblings of infants with prenatal drug exposure

  • Christina M. Bertsch, MS
  • ,
  • Sharon M. Mullins, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, CHO 3406, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA. Tel.: +1 405 271 8858; fax: +1 405 271 2931.
  • ,
  • Mark Chaffin, PhD

Received 5 November 2004 ,Revised 20 January 2005 ,Accepted 10 March 2005.

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PII: S0897-1897(05)00085-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.03.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 10-15 , February 2006