Skin tears: Achieving positive clinical and financial outcomes

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Stephen Haynes, Jackie ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Skin tears; STAR; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; LACERATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84859497900     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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