Gertrude Stewart, AAIN President from 1957 to 1959
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The Adelaide Kuru Team in 1957–1959
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عنوان ژورنال: AAOHN Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0891-0162
DOI: 10.1177/216507990205000804