Older is Colder: Observations on Body Temperature Among Nursing Home Subjects

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 335-337

  Gomolin, Irving H ^a   Lester, Paula ^a   Pollack, Simcha ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; diurnal; Temperature; thermometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34250023172     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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