"Anthropometry" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The technique that deals with the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human or other primate body.
| Descriptor ID |
D000886
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.024 E05.041 N06.850.505.200.100
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Anthropometry" by people in this website by year, and whether "Anthropometry" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anthropometry" by people in Profiles.
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Development and validation of a length- and habitus-based method of total body weight estimation in adults. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Mar; 53:44-53.
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Association Between Preterm-Birth Phenotypes and Differential Morbidity, Growth, and Neurodevelopment at Age 2 Years: Results From the INTERBIO-21st Newborn Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 05 01; 175(5):483-493.
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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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Assessing sugar-sweetened beverage intakes, added sugar intakes and BMI before and after the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in South Africa. Public Health Nutr. 2021 07; 24(10):2900-2910.
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Stunting in infancy, pubertal trajectories and adult body composition: the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort, South Africa. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2021 01; 75(1):189-197.
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Anthropometric nutritional status, and social and dietary characteristics of African and Indian adolescents taking part in the TALENT (Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition) qualitative study. Public Health Nutr. 2021 11; 24(16):5249-5260.
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A comparison of four weight estimation systems for paediatric resuscitation. S Afr J Surg. 2019 Jun; 57(2):40-46.
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A longitudinal comparison of appendicular bone growth and markers of strength through adolescence in a South African cohort using radiogrammetry and pQCT. Osteoporos Int. 2019 Feb; 30(2):451-460.
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Size Does Matter: Calculation of Tidal Volume Using Weight Estimations From the PAWPER Tape. Chest. 2018 09; 154(3):728-729.
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Substituting Abacavir for Stavudine in Children Who Are Virally Suppressed Without Lipodystrophy: Randomized Clinical Trial in Johannesburg, South Africa. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Aug 17; 7(3):e70-e77.