Low level laser therapy for healing acute and chronic wounds - The extendicare experience

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-360

  Saltmarche, Anita E ^a  

^a MedX Health Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute wounds; Chronic wounds; Low level laser therapy; Nursing homes; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; NURSING HOMES; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 44349132242     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00491.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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