Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 64-70 , April 2007

Substance use and its implications for the critical care nurses: A literature review

  • Vanessa Brotto

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: School of Nursing, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood 3122, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9244 6621; fax: +61 3 9244 6159.
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  • Geraldine Lee

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    • Tel.: +61 3 9276 3933; fax: +61 3 9276 3938.

,Accepted 1 November 2006.

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PII: S0964-3397(06)00135-2

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.11.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 64-70 , April 2007

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