Interobserver agreement on signs and symptoms of patients with acute febrile illness

Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-140

  Daumas, R P ^a   Brasil, P ^a   Bressan, C S ^a   Oliveira, R V C ^a   Carvalho, B B G ^a   Carneiro, D V ^a   Passos, S R L ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute diseases; Fever; Medical history taking methods; Physical examination; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955638422     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0101-0     Document Type: Article

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