Pressure sore prevalence: A national survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-179

  Thoroddsen, Ásta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Pressure sore; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033091805     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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