Caring for a painful venous leg ulcer

Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn , Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Vogensen, Hanne ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Trauma induced ulcers; Wound pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649108126     PISSN: 02634465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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