Scaling of human body mass with height: The body mass index revisited

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 764-766

  MacKay, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Body mass index

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC SCALING; BODY MASS; BODY MASS INDEX; HONG-KONG; HUMAN BODIES;

BIOMECHANICS;

HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRITISH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGING; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952512399     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.10.038     Document Type: Article

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