An instrument to measure healing in pressure ulcers: Development and validation of the pressure ulcer scale for healing (PUSH)

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Stotts, N A ^a   Rodeheaver, G T ^a   Thomas, D R ^a   Frantz, R A ^a   Bartolucci, A A ^a   Sussman, C ^a   Ferrell, B A ^a   Cuddigan, J ^a   Maklebust, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035186254     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.12.M795     Document Type: Article

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