Moisture Dressings: The New Standard in Wound Care

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 366-370

  Lagana, Gail ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth H ^a  

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Author keywords

infection control; nursing time; patient comfort; pressure ulcer; product cost; wound care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953267673     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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