Relation of nutritional status to healing of compound fractures of long bones of the lower limbs

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 709-712

  Dwyer, Amitabh Jitendra ^a,b   John, Bobby ^a   Mam, Maharaj Krishen ^a   Antony, Paul ^a   Abraham, Rebecca ^a   Joshi, Molly ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG FRACTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD;

EID: 35948995005     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20070901-23     Document Type: Article

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