Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages e15-e20 , May 2010

Challenges and strategies of dyad research: cardiovascular examples

  • Christina Quinn, RN, DNS

      Affiliations

    • Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 404 712 8478; fax: +1 404 727 9382.
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  • Sandra B. Dunbar, RN, DSN

      Affiliations

    • Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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  • Patricia C. Clark, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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  • Ora L. Strickland, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

Received 10 May 2008 ,Revised 1 October 2008 ,Accepted 2 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.10.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages e15-e20 , May 2010

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