Effectiveness of silver in wound care treatment

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Moore, Christina ^a   Young, Jodi ^b  

^a FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Franklin Pierce University   (United States)

Author keywords

Silver; Systematic review; Topical agents; Wound care; Wound dressings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973453488     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X11Y.0000000017     Document Type: Article

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