The traditions and terminology of wound dressings: Food for thought

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 116-122

  Van Rijswijk, Lia ^a,b   Beitz, Janice ^a  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION TREE; HUMAN; INJURY; NOMENCLATURE; NURSING; PATIENT SELECTION;

ALGORITHMS; BANDAGES; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TERMINOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032057817     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00152192-199805000-00004     Document Type: Article

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