Estimating the surface area of the human body

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1325-1332

  Bailey, B J R ^a   Briars, G L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 0029900715     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960715)15:13<1325::aid-sim233>3.3.co;2-b     Document Type: Review

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