Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages e79-e85 , November 2011

The effect of a double-regression hospital bed on interface pressure

  • Ricardo Ros-Mar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Physiatry and Nursing, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Fisiatría y Enfermería, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza. Spain. Tel.: +34 976761000; fax: +34 976761720.
    • ,
  • Marino Martínez-Gamarra, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Advice, Study and Research in Labour Risks (PERGOS), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Received 29 January 2009 ,Revised 17 November 2009 ,Accepted 20 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.11.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages e79-e85 , November 2011

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