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Seongkum Heo1, Jean McSweeney2, Pao-Feng Tsai2

  • 1Seongkum Heo is an associate professor, Jean McSweeney is a professor and associate dean for research, and Pao-Feng Tsai is a professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing, Little Rock, Arkansas. Songthip Ounpraseuth is an associate professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health. sheo@uams.edu.

American Journal of Critical Care : an Official Publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
|November 3, 2016
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