"Body Height" 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 distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.
| Descriptor ID |
D001827
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160.100 E05.041.124.160.500 G07.100.100.160.100 G07.345.249.314.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Height- Body Height
- Body Heights
- Height, Body
- Heights, Body
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Height" by people in Profiles.
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Pubertal Development and Prepubertal Height and Weight Jointly Predict Young Adult Height and Body Mass Index in a Prospective Study in South Africa. J Nutr. 2016 07; 146(7):1394-401.
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Early Life Growth Predicts Pubertal Development in South African Adolescents. J Nutr. 2016 Mar; 146(3):622-9.
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Accuracy of the Broselow Tape in South Sudan, "The Hungriest Place on Earth". Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Jan; 23(1):21-8.
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Association of Height with Mortality in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Jun 05; 10(6):965-74.
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Diaphragm dimensions of the healthy term infant. Acta Paediatr. 2003 Sep; 92(9):1062-7.
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Classification schemes of small-for-gestational age and type of intrauterine growth retardation and its implications to early neonatal mortality. Early Hum Dev. 1990 Dec; 24(3):219-30.