Hospital pressure ulcer prevalence rates and number of raters

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1550-1556

  Kottner, Jan ^a   Tannen, Antje ^a   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital patients; Nurses; Nursing; Pressure ulcer; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649120418     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02609.x     Document Type: Article

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