Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 845-849 , November 2009

The preparation of child health nurses in sexual health education: An exploratory study

,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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PII: S0260-6917(09)00063-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.03.011

Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 845-849 , November 2009