Accuracy of perception and touch for detecting fever in adults: A hospital-based study from a rural, tertiary hospital in Central India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 408-414

  Singh, Manoj ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^b   Kalantri, S P ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever measurement; Hospital study; India; Perception; Touch

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOUCH;

INDIA;

EID: 0037666201     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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