For Development of a Guideline for Post-operative Delirium Care
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Japan Academy of Critical Care Nursing
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1880-8913,2187-400X
DOI: 10.11153/jaccn.10.1_51