Validation of the Luscombe weight formula for estimating children's weight

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-62

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a,b   Nguyen, Kevin ^b   Krieser, David ^c  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Luscombe formula; Paediatric; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; APLS FORMULA; ARGALL FORMULA; ARTICLE; BEST GUESS FORMULA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUSCOMBE FORMULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79551474558     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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