Prevalence of non-healed and healed chronic leg ulcers in an elderly rural population

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-60

  Marklund, Bertil ^a,d   Sülau, Thomas ^b   Lindholm, Christina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Prim Hlth Care Ctr of Bralanda   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leg ulcers; Prevalence; Primary health care; Rural population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 0342656950     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430050202587     Document Type: Article

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