Estimation of lean body mass in children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 719-723

  Peters, A M ^a,b,c   Snelling, H L R ^b   Glass, D M ^a   Bird, N J ^d  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; clinical; drug dosage calculations; drug therapy; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79954503814     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer057     Document Type: Article

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