Temperature taking in children

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-10

  Molton, Angela H ^a   Blacktop, Jonathan ^b   Hall, Christine M ^c  

^a Halifax General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Devices; Mercury; Paediatric Tempa Dot; Temperature; Thermometer; Tympanic

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARDRUM; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; THERMOMETER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0035296107     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136749350100500101     Document Type: Article

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