Knowledge and Self-care of Patients Recently Diagnosed With Atrial Fibrillation
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Investigation of the relationship between pharmacological knowledge of anticoagulants with medication adherence in the elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
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عنوان ژورنال: Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2682-3241
DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2019.16368.1000