Epidemiology of chronic cutaneous wounds in China

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-188

  Jiang, Yufeng ^a,b   Huang, Sha ^a   Fu, Xiaobing ^a   Liu, Hongwei ^c   Ran, Xingwu ^d   Lu, Shuliang ^e   Hu, Dahai ^f   Li, Qiang ^g   Zhang, Hongwei ^h   Li, Ying ⁱ   Wang, Runxiu ^j   Xie, Ting ^k   Cheng, Biao ^l   Wang, Lingfeng ^m   Liu, Yi ⁿ   Ye, Xiangbai ^o   Han, Chunmao ^p   Chen, Huade ^q  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Jiangsu Provincial Hospital   (China)

ⁱ JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k TONGREN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^m INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

ⁿ LANZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^o Urumqi General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA   (China)

^p ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^q GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952257287     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2010.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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