Does the body temperature change in older people?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2284-2287

  Güneş, Ülkü Yapucu ^a   Zaybak, Ayten ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; Nurses; Nursing; Older people; Temperature; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; THERMOMETER; THERMOREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 49749097223     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02272.x     Document Type: Article

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