Rx: Treating osteoarthritis topically: Voltaren® gel for pain relief

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-77

  Woodson, Sue A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN;

EID: 62349090739     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2009.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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