Results of a one-day, descriptive study of quality of life in patients with chronic wounds

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Shukla, Vijay K ^a   Shukla, Dinesh ^a   Tripathi, Anuj K ^a   Agrawal, Saurabh ^a   Tiwary, Satyendra K ^a   Prakash, Vivek ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44249126469     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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