Adequate school toilet facilities are essential.
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The excellent initiative of the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association - that school nurses investigate poor toilet facilities - is to be applauded (news November 27).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
دوره 17 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002