Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 216-220 , August 2009

Strategies used by parents of twins to obtain sleep

  • Elizabeth G. Damato, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC

      Affiliations

    • Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 368 2597 (work), +1 330 656 0986 (home); fax: +1 216 368 3542.
    • ,
  • Julie Zupancic, MSN, RN, CNP

      Affiliations

    • MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA

Received 1 July 2007 ,Accepted 23 July 2007.

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PII: S0897-1897(07)00104-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.07.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 216-220 , August 2009

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