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deprecated concept > body temperature

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body temperature  

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  • [D. Cuesta] Body temperature is a classical diagnostic tool for a number of diseases. However, it is usually employed as a plain binary classification function (febrile or not febrile), and therefore its diagnostic power has not been fully developed... , "[S. F. Tsai] Body temperature is a basic vital sign of the human body, and the use of infrared ear thermometersfor medical diagnosis and health management on human bodies has been widespread nowadays. To gaincredibility and confidence in the usage of IR ear thermometers, a standard blackbody source (BBS)with a calibration traceable to ITS-90 is necessitated...

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Entry terms

  • bodies temperature
  • body temperatures
  • BT

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  • MS Academic Keywords

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0148

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