Skin temperature and chronic venous insufficiency

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Kelechi, Teresa J ^a   Haight, Barbara K ^a   Herman, JoAnne ^a   Michel, Yvonne ^a   Brothers, Thomas ^b   Edlund, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOWER LEG; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER; ULCER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEG; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THERMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037270853     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjw.2003.10     Document Type: Article

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