Tissue adhesives: A new method of wound repair

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 66-75

  King, Marjorie E ^a   Kinney, Anita Y ^b  

^a Fifth Avenue Family Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMAN; INJURY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CHILD; CYANOACRYLATES; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033211537     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19996205-199924100-00005     Document Type: Article

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