A Conceptual Schema for the Study of the Etiology of Pressure Sores

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 8-16

  Bergstrom, Nancy ^b  

^a Creighton University School of Nursing   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; STRESS;

AGED; AGING; DECUBITUS ULCER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; NUTRITION; SKIN; STRESS;

EID: 0023208713     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: 20487940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.1987.tb00541.x     Document Type: Article

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