Pressure Ulcers among the Elderly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 320, Issue 13, 1989, Pages 850-853

  Desforges, Jane F ^a   Allman, Richard M ^b  

^a Medical Education Facility ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; REVIEW; IMMOBILIZATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

AGED; DECUBITUS ULCER; HUMAN;

EID: 0024981006     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198903303201307     Document Type: Review

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