Pressure ulcer prevalence in Europe: a pilot study.

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Published in J Eval Clin Pract on April 01, 2007

Authors

Katrien Vanderwee1, Michael Clark, Carol Dealey, Lena Gunningberg, Tom Defloor

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. katrien.vanderwee@ugent.be

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