Subjective assessment of fever by parents: Comparison with measurement by noncontact tympanic thermometer and calibrated rectal glass mercury thermometer

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-317

  Hooker, E A ^a   Smith, S W ^a   Miles, T ^a   King, L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

EID: 0029792248     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70031-8     Document Type: Article

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