Pressure ulcer risk in hip fracture patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 390-393

  Houwing, Ronald H ^a   Rozendaal, Marja ^b   Wouters Wesseling, Wendeline ^b   Buskens, Erik ^c   Keller, Paul ^d   Haalboom, Jeen R E ^c  

^a DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ULCER;

EID: 4444293538     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470410001132-1     Document Type: Article

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