Fever in children: Mothers' perceptions and their home management

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Oshikoya, Kazeem A ^a,b   Senbanjo, Idowu O ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Fever; Home management; Knowledge; Mother

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROQUINE; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBUPROFEN; IRON; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTRITIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; SKIN ABRASION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 56549100400     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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