Journal of Vascular Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 105-111 , September 2005

Upsetting the apple cart: A community anticoagulation clinic survey of life event factors that undermine safe therapy

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 Remuneration for survey postage was provided by the participating nonprofit community hospital, Santa Cruz County, California.

PII: S1062-0303(05)00100-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvn.2005.07.001

Journal of Vascular Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 105-111 , September 2005

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