Infrared tympanic thermometers are unreliable in low ambient temperatures

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-316

  O'Brien, Debra ^a   Rogers, Ian ^a   Smith, Alison ^a   Lopez, Derrick ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 0007945342     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1998.tb00699.x     Document Type: Article

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