Wound care with essential oils after enucleation of a chronic abscess;Wundbehandlung mit ätherischen Ölen nach operativer Sanierung eines chronischen Abszesses

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 400-403

  Steflitsch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Österreichische Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Aromatherapie und Aromapflege ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Abscess; Aroma therapy; Essential oils; Scar care; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ABSCESS; ADULT; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 76449093188     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252815     Document Type: Article

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