The stimulatory effects of topical application of radioactive lantern mantle powder on wound healing

Dose-Response

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-159

  Mortazavi, S M J ^a,b   Rahmani, M R ^b   Rahnama, A ^b   Saeed Pour, A ^b   Nouri, E ^b   Hosseini, N ^b   Aghaiee, M M ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lantern mantle; Radioactive; Thorium; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349337913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.08-022.Mortazavi     Document Type: Article

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