Parental perceptions of fever in children

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 202-205

  Al Eissa, Y A ^a   Al Sanie, A M ^a   Al Alola, S A ^a   Al Shaalan, M A ^a   Ghazal, S S ^a   Al Harbi, A H ^a   Al Wakeel, A S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Convulsion; Fever; Heat stroke; Hyperpyrexia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMA; CONVULSION; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEAR; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; STROKE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034449365     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2000.202     Document Type: Article

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