The role of oxygen in wound healing: A review of the literature

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1159-1169

  Rodriguez, Paola G ^a   Felix, Frances N ^a   Woodley, David T ^a   Shim, Elisabeth K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; OXYGEN;

EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOXEMIA; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; COLLAGEN; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 51349161702     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34254.x     Document Type: Review

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