Chest Calipers for Measurement of the Thoracic Index

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Waring, W.W. : The quantitative physical examination for lung disease in children. Bulletin of the Tulane University Medical Faculty 27: 221, 1965.

The Thoracic Depth and Width Charts can be obtained by writing to the Medical Department, Mead-Johnson Laboratories, Elkhart, Indiana. Each graph contains specific directions for measuring the depth and width of the chart and evaluating the measurements.

Warwick, W.J. : A universal chart for the chronological graphing of any anatomical, biochemical, or physiological variable that has a normal or log normal distribution. Clin. Pediatr. 10: 268, 1971.