Retraction statement: Manuka honey vs. hydrogel - a prospective, open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial to compare desloughing efficacy and healing outcomes in venous ulcers [Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, (2009) 466-474] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02558.x.;Manuka honey vs. hydrogel - A prospective, open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial to compare desloughing efficacy and healing outcomes in venous ulcers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 466-474

  Gethin, Georgina ^a   Cowman, Seamus ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nursing; Randomised control trials; Research; Tissue viability; Venous leg ulcer; Wound care

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349083570     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12652     Document Type: Erratum

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