Honey compared with silver sulphadiazine in the treatment of superficial partial-thickness burns

International Wound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 413-417

  Malik, Kamran Ishaque ^a   Malik, Ma Nasir ^a   Aslam, Azhar ^a  

^a POF Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Burns; Honey; Partial thickness burns; Silver sulphadiazine

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956974550     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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