Ability of mothers to assess the presence of fever in their children without using a thermometer

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 145-146

  Alves, João Guilherme Bezerra ^a   de Barros Correia, Jailson ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PALPATION; THERMOMETER;

BRAZIL; FEVER; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036315345     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200308     Document Type: Article

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