The measurement of interface pressure

Pressure Ulcer Research: Current and Future Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 51-71

  Swain, Ian ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892219390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28804-X_5     Document Type: Chapter

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