Comparison of temple temperatures with rectal temperatures in children under two years of age

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 405-414

  Siberry, George K ^a,b   Diener West, Marie ^c   Schappell, Elizabeth ^d,e   Karron, Ruth A ^a,d,e  

^a Division of Pediatric Cardiology   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Dept of Environ Health Sciences   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THERMOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0036637549     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280204100605     Document Type: Article

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