Mothers' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and management of fever in preschool children in Italy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 268-273

  Impicciatore, Piero ^a   Nannini, Simona ^a   Pandolfini, Chiara ^a   Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Fever management; Italy; Mothers' attitudes; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032008571     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0262     Document Type: Article

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