A systematic review of body temperature variations in older people

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 4-16

  Lu, Shu Hua ^a   Leasure, Angela Renee ^b,c   Dai, Yu Tzu ^d,e  

^a NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axillary temperature; Body temperature; Ear based temperature; Oral temperature; Rectal temperature; Urine temperature

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THERMOMETER;

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 73149107212     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02945.x     Document Type: Review

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