Four-finger grip bag with tea to prevent smell of contractured hands and axilla in bedridden patients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-99

  Fukuoka, Yumiko ^a   Kudo, Hisashi ^a   Hatakeyama, Aiko ^a   Takahashi, Naomi ^b   Satoh, Kayoko ^b   Ohsawa, Naoko ^b   Mutoh, Mayumi ^b   Fujii, Masahiko ^c   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a Akita University of Nursing and Welfare   (Japan)

^b Nisi Oodate Hospital   (Japan)

^c Sendai Tomizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LETTER; MALE; ODOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; ODORS;

EID: 61549105548     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00507.x     Document Type: Letter

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