An assessment of clinical wound evaluation scales

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 583-586

  Quinn, James V ^a   Wells, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmetic appearance; Infection; Lacerations; Staples; Sutures; Tissue adhesives; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 0031780741     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02465.x     Document Type: Article

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