Comparison between rectal and infrared skin temperature in the newborn

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  De Curtis, Mario ^a   Calzolari, Flaminia ^a   Marciano, Alessandra ^a   Cardilli, Viviana ^a   Barba, Gianvincenzo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MERCURY THERMOMETER; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROME; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 38049138615     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.114314     Document Type: Article

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