Identifying, managing and treating skin tears

Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ousey, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly population; Skin tears; Wound management

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649091002     PISSN: 02634465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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