Honey and sugar as a dressing for wounds and ulcers

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 249-250

  Molan, P C ^a   Cooper, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONEY; SUGAR;

ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLALITY; LETTER; SKIN ULCER; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; CARBOHYDRATES; HONEY; HUMAN; SKIN ULCER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033780751     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000429     Document Type: Letter

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