Predicting Pressure Ulcers during Initial Hospitalization for Acute Spinal Cord Injury

Wounds

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 45-57

  Salzberg, C Andrew ^a   Byrne, Daniel W ^b   Kabir, Rezaul ^b   Van Niewerburgh, Paul ^b   Cayten, C Gene ^b  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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