Human touch vs. axillary digital thermometry for detection of neonatal hypothermia at community level

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-201

  Agarwal, Siddharth ^a   Sethi, Vani ^b   Pandey, Ravindra Mohan ^c   Kondal, Dimple ^c  

^a Urban Health Resource Centre   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY DIGITAL THERMOMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN TOUCH; HYPOTHERMIA; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF TRAINING;

AXILLA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; THERMOMETERS; TOUCH;

EID: 45149083300     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm098     Document Type: Article

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