Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 207-211 , November 2008

Hygienic hand washing among nursing students in Turkey

  • Sevim Çelik, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Nursing, Zonguldak School of Nursing, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 372 2574191; fax: +90 372 257 67 50.
    • ,
  • Sema Koçaşlı, RN, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Nursing, Florence Nightingale College of Nursing, Istanbul University, 34381 Istanbul, Turkey

Received 13 July 2006 ,Revised 18 December 2006 ,Accepted 19 December 2006.

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PII: S0897-1897(06)00145-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.12.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 207-211 , November 2008

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