Symptoms in the host: Infection and treatment model

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 555-561

  Purssell, Edward ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behaviour; Infectious diseases nursing; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CAUSALITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COUGH; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; EVOLUTION; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 17844396196     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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