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Antipyretic use in Children: More than Just Temperature
Uso de antipiréticos em crianças: mais do que apenas temperatura
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Edward Purssell
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BSc, MSc, PhD, RGN, RSCN, FHEA. Senior Lecturer, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, London, England, UK
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Gracian Li Pereira, Noemia U.L. Tavares, Sotero S. Mengue, Tatiane da S. Dal Pizzol
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Please, cite this article as: Purssell E. Antipyretic use in children: more than just temperature. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2013;89:1−3.

See paper by Pereira GL et al. in pages 25-32.

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