Efficacy of Silver-Coated Dressings as Bacterial Barriers in a Rodent Burn Sepsis Model

Wounds

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 64-71

  Burrell, Robert E ^a   Heggers, John P ^b   Davis, G James ^c   Wright, J B ^a  

^a Westaim Corporation   (Canada)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c IPS Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0033472076     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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