Fever phobia: Parents' knowledge and attitude towards fever;Fiebrefobia: Conocimiento y actitud de los padres respecto de la fiebre

Revista Chilena de Pediatria

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-164

  Moraga M , Francisco J ^a   Horwitz Z , Benjamín ^b   Romero S , Carolina ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antipyretics; Children; Fever; Fever phobia; Health attitude

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHOBIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

EID: 34548270531     PISSN: 03704106     EISSN: 07176228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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