Appraisal of childhood fever by German and Turkish mothers in Germany-results of a pilot study

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-480

  Langer, Thorsten ^a,b   Pfeifer, Miriam ^a   Sönmez, Aynur ^a   Tarhan, Bilge ^a   Ostermann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood fever; Culture; German; Mother's perspective; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD FEVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TURKEY;

EID: 79551611523     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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