Reducing coronary artery disease by decreasing homocysteine levels.
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چکیده
Michelle Coffey and Gregory K. Crowder are graduate students in the family nurse practitioner program at Duke University, Durham, NC. Ms Coffey, a Canadian by birth, moved to the United States in 1996 to work in an emergency department. Mr Crowder, also a Canadian by birth, is now living in North Carolina. He has more than 20 years of nursing experience in critical care, cardiac catheterization, and emergency care.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Critical care nurse
دوره 23 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003