Human touch to detect hypothermia in neonates in Indian slum dwellings

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 759-762

  Agarwal, Siddharth ^a   Sethi, Vani ^a   Srivastava, Karishma ^a   Jha, Prabhat ^b   Baqui, Abdullah H ^c  

^a Urban Health Resource Center   (India)

^b Urban Health Resource Center   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Newborn; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY THERMOMETER; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TOUCH; HYPOTHERMIA; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; AXILLA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOMETER; TOUCH;

AXILLA; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY AREAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOMETERS; TOUCH; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 77955928105     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0115-0     Document Type: Article

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