Hand-touch method for detection of neonatal hypothermia in Nepal

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-238

  Tuitui, Roshani Laxmi ^a   Suwal, Satya Narayan ^a   Shrestha, Sarala ^a  

^a BIR HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Hand touch method; Neonatal hypothermia; Nepal

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAND TOUCH METHOD; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; MALE; MERCURY THERMOMETER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEPAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 79957876688     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq084     Document Type: Letter

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