Honey - A remedy rediscovered and its therapeutic utility

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 3 no. 3, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 305-309

  Bansal, V ^a   Medhi, B ^a   Pandhi, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Honey: wound healing

Indexed keywords

HONEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

HONEY; HUMANS; INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548157548     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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