Wound licking and nitric oxide [20]

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9067, 1997, Pages 1776-

  Benjamin, N ^a   Pattullo, S ^a   Weller, R ^a   Smith, L ^a   Ormerod, A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; LICKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; WOUND;

EID: 0030955512     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63002-4     Document Type: Letter

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