Cost effectiveness of an air-inflated static overlay for pressure ulcer prevention: A randomized, controlled trial

Wounds

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 207-214

  Vermette, Sophie ^a   Reeves, Isabelle ^b   Lemaire, Jacques ^b  

^a Lakeshore General Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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