Comparability of infant abdominal skin and axillary temperatures

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 173-178

  Thomas, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CALCULATION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0347765823     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S1527-3369(03)00123-5     Document Type: Article

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