Does honey have a role in paediatric wound management?

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 15 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Bittmann, Stefan ^a   Luchter, Elisabeth ^a   Thiel, Michael ^b   Kameda, Genn ^b   Hanano, Ralph ^c   Längler, Alfred ^b  

^a Medical and Financial Center ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c Ralno Biomedical Consulting and Services   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child; Honey; Infection; Paediatric; Wound

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957706952     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.sup5.77704     Document Type: Article

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