Drug delivery dressings

Advanced Wound Repair Therapies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 361-394

  Matthews, K H ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Drug delivery dressings; Growth factors; Natural and synthetic polymers in wound management; Topical delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859230693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857093301.3.361     Document Type: Chapter

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