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Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology Volume 30, 2006 - Issue 4: Clinical Temperature Measurement
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Which thermometer? Factors influencing best choice for intermittent clinical temperature assessment

D. C. Crawford Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Directorate, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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B. Hicks Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Directorate, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK
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M. J. Thompson Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK
Pages 199-211 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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