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Descriptor English: Anthropometry
Descriptor Spanish: Antropometría
Descriptor antropometría
Scope note: Técnica de medida del tamaño, peso y proporciones del cuerpo humano o de otros primates.
Descriptor Portuguese: Antropometria
Descriptor French: Anthropométrie
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.024
E05.041
N06.850.505.200.100
SP6.270.233.111
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000886
Scope note: The technique that deals with the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human or other primate body.
Annotation: primate only; consider also specific terms under BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
Related: Body Composition MeSH
Body Weights and Measures MeSH
DeCS ID: 27937
Unique ID: D000886
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Anthropometry - Preferred
Concept UI M0001322
Scope note The technique that deals with the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human or other primate body.
Preferred term Anthropometry



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