Prediction of weight of Indian children aged upto two years based on foot-length: Implications for emergency areas

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Bavdekar, Sandeep B ^a,b   Sathe, Shefali ^a   Jani, Pranav ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b A2 Worli Seaside CHS ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Critical care; Foot length; Infant; Surface area; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644529734     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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