Multicenter pin care study

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 349-360

  Patterson, Miki M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BONE NAIL; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISINFECTANTS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644805018     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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