Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 97-101 , April 2001

Childhood farm injuries in old-order Amish families

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☆ Address reprint requests to Kathleen M. Fisher, PhD, CRNP, School of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, P.O. Box 855, Hershey, PA 17033. E-mail: kmf103@psu.edu

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doi: 10.1053/jpdn.2001.23152

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 97-101 , April 2001

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