Errors in body temperature assessment related to individual variation, measuring technique and equipment

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 216-223

  Sund Levander, Märtha ^a   Grodzinsky, Ewa ^b   Loyd, Dan ^a   Wahren, Lis Karin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

body temperature; Gender; Individual variation; Repeated measurements; Standardized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECTUM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AXILLA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECTUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 16544376991     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2004.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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