Evaluation of Three Brands of Tympanic Thermometer

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-131

  Hoffman, Carolyn ^a   Boyd, Marion ^a   Briere, Bonnie ^a   Loos, Francis ^a,b   Norton, Peter J ^a  

^a REGINA QU APPELLE HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARDRUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033142693     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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