Body Weights and Measures
"Body Weights and Measures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Measurements of the height, weight, length, area, etc., of the human and animal body or its parts.
| Descriptor ID |
D001837
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100 E05.041.124 G07.100.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Measures- Body Measures
- Body Measure
- Measure, Body
- Measures, Body
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Weights and Measures" by people in Profiles.
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Are adults just big kids? Can the newer paediatric weight estimation systems be used in adults? S Afr Med J. 2021 Feb 01; 111(2):166-170.
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A maternal "mixed, high sugar" dietary pattern is associated with fetal growth. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 04; 16(2):e12912.
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The effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on fetal growth and neonatal birth measures in an African cohort. Diabet Med. 2018 10; 35(10):1425-1433.
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Accuracy of weight estimation by the Broselow tape is substantially improved by including a visual assessment of body habitus. Pediatr Res. 2018 01; 83(1-1):83-92.
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It is time to abandon age-based emergency weight estimation in children! A failed validation of 20 different age-based formulas. Resuscitation. 2017 07; 116:73-83.
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Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of INDEPTH communities) study. BMC Public Health. 2017 02 17; 17(1):206.
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Unusually High Calcaneal Speed of Sound Measurements in Children with Small Foot Size. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2017 01; 43(1):357-361.
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The PAWPER tape: A new concept tape-based device that increases the accuracy of weight estimation in children through the inclusion of a modifier based on body habitus. Resuscitation. 2013 Feb; 84(2):227-32.