Wound healing with honey - A randomised controlled trial

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 831-835

  Ingle, Ronald ^a   Levin, Jonathan ^b   Polinder, Krijn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Huisartspraktijk Beerta ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASITE GEL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; STARCH; WATER; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; HONEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ABRASION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GOLD; HONEY; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MINING; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POLYURETHANES; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749048749     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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