Compression therapy and nursing care for venous leg ulcers

Venous and Lymphatic Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 371-381

  Robson, Jill ^a   Hafez, Hany ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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