Prediction of ulcer formation on the skin

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Chang, W L ^a   Seigreg, A A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; FRICTION; HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ULCER; TEMPERATURE; ULCEROGENESIS;

EID: 0032852893     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0733     Document Type: Article

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