Measuring healing in leg ulcers: Practice considerations

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 204-208

  Johnson, Maree ^a,c   Miller, Robert ^b  

^a S W Sydney Ctr Appl Nursing Res   (Australia)

^b Desktop Technologies Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEG ULCER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG ULCER; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030277161     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80099-1     Document Type: Article

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