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Validity and accuracy of maternal tactile assessment for fever in under-five children in North Central Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: This study seeks to determine not only the reliability of parental touch in detecting fever as compared to rectal thermometry in under-five children, but also the sociodemographic factors that may predict its reliability. SETTING: The study was carried out in the Emergency Paediatric Uni...

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Autores principales: Abdulkadir, Mohammed Baba, Johnson, Wahab Babatunde Rotimi, Ibraheem, Rasheedah Mobolaji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4194747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25304190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005776