Validity and reliability of an alginate method to measure body surface area

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-255

  Lee, Joo Young ^a   Choi, Jeong Wha ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alginate; Body surface area (BSA); Reliability; Three dimensional scanning (3D scanning); Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SURFACE AREA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745325650     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.25.247     Document Type: Article

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