Pressure ulcer incidence among high-risk inpatients in Nigeria

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Onigbinde, Ayodele Teslim ^a   Ogunsanya, Gbolade Isaac ^a   Oniyangi, Shuaib Olanrewaju ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Head injury; Orthopaedic; Pressure ulcer incidence; Pressure ulcers; Sacrum; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865329906     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2012.21.sup12.s4     Document Type: Article

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