Reliability of health information for the public on the world wide web: Systematic survey of advice on managing fever in children at home

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7098, 1997, Pages 1875-1879

  Impicciatore, Piero ^a   Pandolfini, Chiara ^a   Casella, Nicola ^a   Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; HOME CARE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030912433     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7098.1875     Document Type: Article

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