Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 191-197 , August 2009

Physical activity levels of school-age children with congenital heart disease in Taiwan

  • Ching-Chiu Kao, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei 116, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Pi-Chen Chang, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Ching-Wen Chiu, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Lee-Pin Wu, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei 116, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Jen-Chen Tsai, DNSc, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 27395606; fax: +886 2 23772842.

Received 4 May 2007 ,Revised 24 December 2007 ,Accepted 30 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.12.002

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 191-197 , August 2009