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Descriptor English: Body Weights and Measures
Descriptor Spanish: Pesos y Medidas Corporales
Descriptor pesos y medidas corporales
Scope note: Medidas de la estatura, peso, longitud, superficie, etc., del cuerpo humano y de los animales o de sus partes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pesos e Medidas Corporais
Descriptor French: Poids et mesures du corps
Entry term(s): Body Measure
Body Measures
Measure, Body
Measures, Body
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.115.100
E05.041.124
G07.100.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001837
Scope note: Measurements of the height, weight, length, area, etc., of the human and animal body or its parts.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with BODY WEIGHT
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Anthropometry (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98; use explode 1975-97
Entry Version: BODY WEIGHTS MEASURES
Related: Anthropometry MeSH
DeCS ID: 1862
Unique ID: D001837
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Body Weights and Measures - Preferred
Concept UI M0002760
Scope note Measurements of the height, weight, length, area, etc., of the human and animal body or its parts.
Preferred term Body Weights and Measures
Body Measures - Narrower
Concept UI M0002761
Preferred term Body Measures
Entry term(s) Body Measure
Measure, Body
Measures, Body



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