Unrealistic concerns about fever in children: The influence of cultural-ethnic and sociodemographic factors

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 346-349

  Tessler, Hedva ^a,c   Gorodischer, Rafael ^a,c   Press, Joseph ^a,c   Bilenko, Natalya ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antipyretics; Children; Ethnicity; Fever phobia; Parental misconceptions

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; JEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ARABS; BATHS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 46149104982     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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