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The Sitting-Height Index of Build, (Body Mass)/(Sitting Height)(3), as an Improvement on the Body Mass Index for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

The body mass index (BMI) is unsatisfactory in being affected by both relative leg length and height, and, for use with children and adolescents, therefore needs to be interpreted in relation to age. The sitting-height index of build (body mass)/(sitting height)(3), is largely free of these disadvan...

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Autor principal: Burton, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5835999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29470414
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children5020030