Burns
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A novel technique to determine pressure in pressure garments for hypertrophic burn scars and comfort properties

,Accepted 25 April 2006.

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PII: S0305-4179(06)00158-6

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.04.026

Burns
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 59-64 , February 2007