Quality of life of individuals with chronic venous ulcers

Wounds

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 178-189

  Alves Yamada, Beatriz Farias ^a,b   De Gouveia Santos, Vera Lúcia Conceição ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Enfmedic Saúde ^*  (Brazil)

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