Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 5-16 , March 2008

Heart Rate Variability as a Measure of Disease State in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  • Hyo-Jung Park, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Hyo-Jung Park, RN, PhD, Full-time Lecturer, Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Science, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-Dong, Seodaemoon-Ku, Seoul 120-750, Korea

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PII: S1976-1317(08)60024-9

doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(08)60024-9

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 5-16 , March 2008

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