Estimating body surface area from mass and height: Theory and the formula of du Bois and du Bois

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-184

  Burton, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body surface area; Du Bois and Du Bois

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT; MASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 42449144280     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460801908439     Document Type: Article

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