Systematic review of the use of honey as a wound dressing

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Moore, Owen A ^a   Smith, Lesley A ^a   Campbell, Fiona ^b   Seers, Kate ^b   McQuay, Henry J ^a   Moore, R Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLYURETHAN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMNION; BURN DRESSING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; HONEY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; POTATO; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL WOUND; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; BANDAGE; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BURNS; FOOD-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HONEY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0001915159     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-1-2     Document Type: Review

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