Pressure injuries: Causes and prevention

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 841-844

  Bliss, Mary R ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCIRCULATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032200064     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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