Medical maggots

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 212-214

  Dinman, Stefanie ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BANDAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; LARVA; NECROSIS; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37649005648     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSN.0000306189.74727.05     Document Type: Short Survey

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