Wound dressings update

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 318-324

  Weller, Carolina ^a,b   Sussman, Geoff ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian Wound Management Project   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CADEXOMER IODINE; GROWTH FACTOR; SILICONE; SILVER; ZINC;

CERAMICS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HONEY; HYDROCOLLOID; HYDROGEL; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846503311     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2006.tb00640.x     Document Type: Review

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