A formula for the estimation of the body surface area of Saudi male adults

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1341-1346

  Nwoye, Luke O ^a   Al Shehri, Mohammed A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0346336860     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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