"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anthropometry" by people in Profiles.
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Do anthropometric indices accurately reflect directly measured body composition in men and women with chronic heart failure? Congest Heart Fail. 2011 Mar-Apr; 17(2):90-2.
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Novel equations to estimate lean body mass in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Jan; 57(1):130-9.
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Effects of sex, race, and puberty on cortical bone and the functional muscle bone unit in children, adolescents, and young adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Apr; 95(4):1681-9.
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Association of serum total iron-binding capacity and its changes over time with nutritional and clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients. Am J Nephrol. 2009; 29(6):571-81.
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Association of Malnutrition-Inflammation Score with quality of life and mortality in hemodialysis patients: a 5-year prospective cohort study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Feb; 53(2):298-309.
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Association of serum prealbumin and its changes over time with clinical outcomes and survival in patients receiving hemodialysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Dec; 88(6):1485-94.
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Estimation of birth weight by two-dimensional ultrasonography. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 May; 111(5):1215, author reply 1215.
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Clinician bias in fundal height measurement. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Oct; 110(4):892-9.
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Multicenter study of the validity and reliability of subjective global assessment in the hemodialysis population. J Ren Nutr. 2007 Sep; 17(5):336-42.
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Associations of body fat and its changes over time with quality of life and prospective mortality in hemodialysis patients. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Feb; 83(2):202-10.