Geriatric Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52 , January 2007

Evidenced Based Research of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Sleep in the Community Dwelling Older Adult

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doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2006.07.001

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52 , January 2007

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