title: Body temperature in apparently healthy African children under 10 years of age.
abstract: Body temperature was determined weekly for a period of 3 weeks in 346 healthy children aged 5 months to 10 years. Individual axillary temperatures in the 346 children ranged from 35.05 degrees C to 37.28 degrees C and fell into normal distribution curve. This study has thus determined normal body temperatures in Nigerian children and will serve as reference data for future comparison.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sowunmi
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Akinbami
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001831:Body Temperature; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009549:Nigeria; D012016:Reference Values; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards