Risk factors for wound infection after minor surgery in general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 255-258

  Heal, Clare ^a   Buettner, Petra ^a   Browning, Sheldon ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINOR SURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 33748635830     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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