A comparative study on the accuracy of noninvasive thermometers

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-239

  Fadzil, Fadzlin Mohd ^a   Choon, David ^a   Arumugam, Kulenthran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fever; Reproducibility of results; Sensitivity and specificity; Temperature; Thermometers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; THERMOMETER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 77955884369     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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