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Descriptor English: Body Surface Area
Descriptor Spanish: Superficie Corporal
Descriptor superficie corporal
Scope note: La medida bidimensional de la capa externa del cuerpo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Superfície Corporal
Descriptor French: Surface corporelle
Entry term(s): Area, Body Surface
Areas, Body Surface
Body Surface Areas
Surface Area, Body
Surface Areas, Body
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.115.100.231
E05.041.124.231
G07.100.100.231
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001830
Scope note: The two dimensional measure of the outer layer of the body.
Allowable Qualifiers: VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Anthropometry (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(67)
DeCS ID: 1855
Unique ID: D001830
NLM Classification: GN 66
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Body Surface Area - Preferred
Concept UI M0002750
Scope note The two dimensional measure of the outer layer of the body.
Preferred term Body Surface Area
Entry term(s) Area, Body Surface
Areas, Body Surface
Body Surface Areas
Surface Area, Body
Surface Areas, Body



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