Infants' symptoms of illness assessed by parents: Impact and implications

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Ertmann, Ruth K ^a   Siersma, Volkert ^a   Reventlow, Susanne ^a   Söderström, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Doctor contact; family practice; general practice; infants; parent rated illness severity; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OTALGIA; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOMITING;

EARACHE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOMITING;

EID: 79956218295     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2011.576863     Document Type: Article

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