The pacifier thermometer: Comparison of supralingual with rectal temperatures in infants and young children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 551-554

  Press, Shirley ^a   Quinn, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 0030900895     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170430017003     Document Type: Article

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