The unna's boot as treatment for venous ulcers

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 55-75

  Barr, Donna M ^a  

^a General Medicine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030184990     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19966205-199607000-00005     Document Type: Article

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