Cyanoacrylate glues for wilderness and remote travel medical care

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Davis, Kyle P ^a   Derlet, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"super glue"; adhesives; blisters; cyanoacrylates; Dermabond; lacerations

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE;

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

CYANOACRYLATES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874116731     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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