Skin injuries caused by medical adhesive tape in older people and associated factors

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1236-1242

  Konya, Chizuko ^a   Sanada, Hiromi ^b   Sugama, Junko ^a   Okuwa, Mayumi ^a   Kamatani, Yuki ^a   Nakagami, Gojiro ^b   Sakaki, Kozue ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesive tape; Contact dermatitis; Incidence rate; Older people; Skin injury

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN;

ADHESIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN;

EID: 77955907879     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03168.x     Document Type: Article

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