Nutritional status and wound healing in open fractures of the lower limb

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-254

  Dwyer, A J ^a   John, B ^a   Mam, M K ^a   Antony, P ^a   Abraham, R ^a   Joshi, M ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CREATININE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 23744501046     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-004-0629-z     Document Type: Article

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