Screening for fever by remote-sensing infrared thermographic camera

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Chan, Lung Sang ^a   Cheung, Giselle T Y ^a   Lauder, Ian J ^a   Kumana, Cyrus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMERA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THERMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL;

EID: 8344256467     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.19102     Document Type: Article

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