Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 230-236 , September 2005

Rural women with chronic illness: Computer Use and Skill Acquisition

  • Clarann Weinert, SC, PhD, RN (FAAN)
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  • Wade G. Hill, PhD, RN

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Wade G. Hill, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Montana State University—Bozeman, College of Nursing, Bozeman, MT 59715; Phone: 406-994-4011; Fax: 406-994-6020.

Received 10 December 2004 ,Revised 5 May 2005 ,Accepted 30 June 2005.

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 Funding for the project described in this article was provided by the NIH/NINR 1R01NR07908), the SC Ministry Foundation, and the Arthritis Foundation.

PII: S1049-3867(05)00056-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.06.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 230-236 , September 2005

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