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Validation of the Croatian Version of the Sense of Coherence 29-Item Scale in Croatian Nurses

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|Jun 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2020-0020 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 155 - 163
Submitted on: Dec 19, 2019
Accepted on: May 26, 2020
Published on: Jun 25, 2020
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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