Pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury in developing nations

Spinal Cord

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-13

  Zakrasek, E C ^a   Creasey, G ^a,b   Crew, J D ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; COMPLICATION; PRESSURE ULCER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; PUBMED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84920647555     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2014.179     Document Type: Review

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