Risk assessment tools for the prevention of pressure ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Moore, Zena E H ^a   Cowman, Seamus ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DECUBITUS; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 55049134709     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006471.pub2     Document Type: Review

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