Management of pressure ulcers

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1499-1507

  Walker, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS ULCER; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE;

EID: 0035514273     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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