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Body Surface Area (BSA)
Mosteller Method : BSA (m2) = ( Height(cm) x Weight(kg) / 3600 )˝
e.g. BSA (m2) = squareroot of (height (cm)x weight (kg)/3600)
- Halls BSA web calculator (more extensive calculator which can use other equations)
Acknowledgements EMIS is grateful to Dr Huw Thomas for writing this version of the calculator. ŠEMIS 2005.
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