Teledermatology may play a role in reducing severity of pressure ulcers in both rural and urban settings

Wounds

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 89-94

  Hayashida, Kenji ^a   Fujioka, Masaki ^a,b   Senju, Chikako ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bedridden patients; pressure ulcers; teledermatology; telemedicine; wound care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898005486     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: 19432704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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