Reexamining age, race, site, and thermometer type as variables affecting temperature measurement in adults - A comparison study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-14

  Smith, Linda S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; GALINSTAN; MERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

EID: 1342316883     PISSN: 14726955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-2-1     Document Type: Article

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