Formulas for Calculating Body Surface Area

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DuBois D DuBois EF . A formula to estimate the approximate surface area if height and weight be known. Arch Int Med 1916; 17:863–71.

Boyd E . The growth of the surface area of the human body. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1935.

Gehan EA George SL . Estimation of human body surface area from height and weight. Cancer Chemother Rep 1970; 54:225–35.

Haycock GB Schwartz GJ Wisotsky DH . Geometric method for measuring body surface area: a height weight formula validated in infants, children and adults. J Pediatr 1978; 93:62–6.

Faber HK Melcher MS . A modification of the DuBois height—weight formula for surface area of newborn infants. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1921; 19:53.