Comparison of Broselow tape measurements versus physician estimations of pediatric weights

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 482-488

  Rosenberg, Marcy ^a   Greenberger, Sarah ^a   Rawal, Amit ^a   Latimer Pierson, Janese ^a   Thundiyil, Josef ^a  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 79958049776     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.12.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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