Beliefs and practices regarding childhood fever among parents: A cross-sectional study from Palestine

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zyoud, Sa'ed H ^a,b   Al Jabi, Samah W ^a   Sweileh, Waleed M ^a   Nabulsi, Masa M ^a   Tubaila, Mais F ^a   Awang, Rahmat ^b   Sawalha, Ansam F ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Belief; Children; Fever management; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD FEVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEHYDRATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; KNOWLEDGE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALESTINE; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH DISEASE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTIPYRETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84876675771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-66     Document Type: Article

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