Individual differences in normal body temperature: Longitudinal big data analysis of patient records

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 359, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Obermeyer, Ziad ^a,b   Samra, Jasmeet K ^a   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY RATE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAL SIGN; AGED; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION, POPULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041220170     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j5468     Document Type: Article

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