Body surface area of Indians

Authors

  • N. C. Mehra Technical Development Establishment Laboratories, Kanpur
  • N. C. Das Technical Development Establishment Laboratories, Kanpur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.5.6783

Keywords:

Body, Surface

Abstract

A simple method for measuring body surface area of man is described. Surface areas of twenty Indian subjects were measured by this method and compared with the values calculated by using the height-weight formula of DuBois. It has been shown that the DuBois formula can be used for calculating body surface areas of Indians with the same degree of accuracy as obtained by DuBois with non-Indian subjects.

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Published

2014-03-24

How to Cite

Mehra, N. C., & Das, N. C. (2014). Body surface area of Indians. Defence Science Journal, 5(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.5.6783

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1

Section

Research Papers

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