Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: Design of a prospective multicenter cohort study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Meesterberends, Esther ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^a   Heinze, Cornelia ^b   Lohrmann, Christa ^c   Schols, Jos M G A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 79955150578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-10-8     Document Type: Article

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