Silver dressings in the light of recent clinical research: What can be concluded?

Wounds UK

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-158

  White, Richard ^a   Kingsley, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN DEVON HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; NOTE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77954946675     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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