Usual Care in the Management of Chronic Wounds: A Review of the Recent Literature

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Tatsioni, Athina ^a   Balk, Ethan ^a   O'Donnell, Thomas ^a   Lau, Joseph ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; ULCER; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 34548856482     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.05.032     Document Type: Review

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