Chronic Wounds: Factors Influencing Healing Within 3 Months and Nonhealing After 5–6 Months of Care

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Author(s): 
Katherine R. Jones, RN, PhD, FAAN; Kristopher Fennie, PhD, MPH; Amber Lenihan

Disclosure: This project was supported by an unrestricted grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb/ConvaTec to the Yale School of Nursing

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