Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 680-686 , October 2010

Relationship between nursing students’ epistemological beliefs and locus of control

  • Aylin Yılmaz
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  • Hülya Kaya

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: İstanbul Universitesi Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu, 34381 Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 212 440 00 00 x27064; fax: +90 212 224 49 90.

,Accepted 10 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.01.005

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 680-686 , October 2010

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