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Indices of Adiposity

W. Z. Billewicz, W. F. F. Kemsley, A. M. Thomson

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 1962 · 269 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

In examining the literature, we have found that the names attached to some of these indices are highly inconstant. Thus Wroczynski (1937) attributes the weight: height ratio to Quetelet, and what we have described as Quetelet's index to Kaup.

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