Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 10-18 , March 2010

Potential Pitfalls in Collecting and Analyzing Longitudinal Data From Chronically Ill Populations

  • Diane Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Diane Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN, Duke University School of Nursing, Box 3322 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710.
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  • Janet Levy, PhD

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 The preparation of this article was partially supported by grants R01 NR009418, R01 NR01894, and R01 NR05263 from the National Institute for Nursing Research, NIH to the first author.

PII: S1527-3369(09)00171-8

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2009.12.003

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 10-18 , March 2010

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