The relative accuracy of mercury, Tempa-DOT and FeverScan thermometers

Early Human Development

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-178

  Morley, Colin ^a,b   Murray, Matthew ^a   Whybrew, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fever; Thermometers

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEVER; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THERMOMETER; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MERCURY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETERS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032403073     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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