Limitations of daily living activities in patients with venous stasis ulcers undergoing compression bandaging: Problems with the concept of self-bandaging

Wounds

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 255-257

  Fife, Caroline ^a   Walker, David ^a   Thomson, Brett ^b   Carter, Marissa ^b  

^a INTELLICURE INC   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 35748936173     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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