Should one size fit all? An overview and critique of the VULCAN study on silver dressings

International Wound Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Leaper, David ^a   Drake, Rebecca ^a  

^a Members of the International Wound Infection Institute (IWII)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTICOAT; AQUACEL; CONTREET; ORGOTUL; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78751684523     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00766.x     Document Type: Editorial

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