Plantar puncture wounds: A survey to determine the incidence of infection

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 274-277

  Weber, Ellen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot wounds; Osteomyelitis; Punctures; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUNCTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030016468     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.4.274     Document Type: Article

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