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IN the course of biometrical work concerning twenty different human samples—the individual figures partly obtained by myself and partly taken from other sources—I have found the following values for the body-weight/body-surface ratio (kgm./m.2):
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SCHREIDER, E. Geographical Distribution of the Body-Weight/Body-Surface Ratio. Nature 165, 286 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165286b0
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