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Aetiology of pressure sores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

MR Bliss
MR Bliss*
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Homerton Hospital, London, UK
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MR Bliss, Consultant Physician in Medicine for the Elderly, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1993 , pp. 379 - 397
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