Validation of a new method developed to measure the height of adult patients in bed

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 424-428

  Luft, Vivian C ^a,b   Beghetto, Mariur G ^a   Castro, Stela M J ^a   De Mello, Elza D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Arm; Body height; Body weights and measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUFT RULER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; BED; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BEDS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149343846     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533608321212     Document Type: Article

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