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Developing an equation for estimating body height from linear body measurements of Ethiopian adults

BACKGROUND: Measurements of erect height in older people, hospitalized and bedridden patients, and people with skeletal deformity is difficult. As a result, using body mass index for assessing nutritional status is not valid. Height estimated from linear body measurements such as arm span, knee heig...

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Autores principales:	Digssie, Alemayehu, Argaw, Alemayehu, Belachew, Tefera
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6258443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30477567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40101-018-0185-7

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