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. 2015 Jun;4(2):e29475.
doi: 10.17795/nmsjournal29475. Epub 2015 Jun 27.

Florence Nightingale: The Mother of Nursing

Hosein Karimi  1 , Negin Masoudi Alavi  2
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Florence Nightingale: The Mother of Nursing

Hosein Karimi et al. Nurs Midwifery Stud. 2015 Jun.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. The Portrait of Florence Nightingale
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. A Polar-Area Diagram, Invented by Florence Nightingale
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