Wet-to-dry dressings-evaluating the evidence

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-95

  Spear, Marcia ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 52049088133     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSN.0000324782.18708.bd     Document Type: Article

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