Parental fever phobia and its evolutionary correlates

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-218

  Purssell, Edward ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Fever; Nurses; Nursing; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 57649148629     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02077.x     Document Type: Article

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