Properties of honey: Its mode of action and clinical outcomes

Wounds UK

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-57

  Haynes, Jackie Stephen ^a   Callaghan, Rosie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Worcestershire PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial properties; Assessment; Clinical outcomes; Honey

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECUBITUS; HONEY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79955512902     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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