Patient risk factors for pressure ulcer development: Systematic review
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- 1 July 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in International Journal of Nursing Studies
- Vol. 50 (7), 974-1003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.11.019
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- Smith and Nephew Foundation
- NIHR
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