Comparison of temperature measurements by an aural infrared thermometer with measurements by traditional rectal and axillary techniques

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 769-773

  Yetman, Robert J ^a,b,c   Coody, Deborah K ^a,b,c   West, M Stewart ^a,b,c   Montgomery, Diane ^a,b,c   Brown, Mary ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0027251664     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(06)80024-7     Document Type: Article

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