 Body surface area - Calculation: Encyclopedia II - Body surface area - CalculationVarious calculations have been published to arrive at the BSA without direct measurement, starting in 1916 with the Dubois & Dubois formula. A commonly used formula is the Mosteller formula, published in 1987:
Metric (area in square metres from weight in kilograms and height in centimetres):
half-English units (area in square metres from weight in pounds, height in inches):
Another is the Haycock formula (in children):
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