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A Comparative Look at Forehead and Tympanic Temperatures: An Audit Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Ishwori Thakuri
Ishwori Thakuri*
Affiliation:
Anaesthetic Recovery Nurse, Theatre Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, Woolwich, London, UK
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Correspondence to: Ishwori Thakuri, Theatre Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, Stadium Road, Woolwich, London SE18 4QH, UK. E-mail: ithakuri@nhs.net
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British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 2009 , pp. 32 - 35
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2009

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