Reliability of Perception of Fever by Touch

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 871-873

  Chaturvedi, Deepti ^a   Vilhekar, K Y ^a   Chaturvedi, Pushpa ^a   Bharambe, M S ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fever; Touch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RELIABILITY; TACHYPNEA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOMETER; TOUCH; WARMING;

EID: 0346252196     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02730588     Document Type: Article

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