Body Size

"Body Size" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The physical measurements of a body.

Descriptor ID	D049628
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.600.115.100.160 E05.041.124.160 G07.100.100.160 G07.345.249.314
Concept/Terms	Body Size Body Size Body Sizes Size, Body Sizes, Body

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Body Size".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
Body Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Anthropometry [E05.041]
Body Weights and Measures [E05.041.124]
Body Size [E05.041.124.160]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Body Constitution [G07.100]
Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]
Body Size [G07.100.100.160]
Growth and Development [G07.345]
Growth [G07.345.249]
Body Size [G07.345.249.314]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Body Size".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Body Size".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Body Size" by people in this website by year, and whether "Body Size" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 26 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2011 and 2012 and 2014 and 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	0	3	3
2012	2	1	3
2013	0	1	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	1	2	3
2017	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Size" by people in Profiles.

Porter M, Barton DP, Williams J, Randall J, Ovaskainen O, Crook DA, Shamsi S. Influence of body size and environmental conditions on parasite assemblages of the black-spotted croaker (Protonibea diacanthus) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) in northern Australia. Parasitology. 2024 Jul; 151(8):864-874.

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Lafleur A, Davies N, Hochberg R, Walsh EJ, Wallace RL. Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Floscularia (Monogononta; Flosculariidae). Zootaxa. 2024 Jun 20; 5471(4):401-421.

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Hughes DF, Behangana M, Lukwago W, Menegon M, Dehling JM, Wagner P, Tilbury CR, South T, Kusamba C, Greenbaum E. Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five New Species from Central Africa's Albertine Rift. Zootaxa. 2024 May 30; 5458(4):451-494.

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Arner AM, Grogan KE, Grabowski M, Reyes-Centeno H, Perry GH. Patterns of recent natural selection on genetic loci associated with sexually differentiated human body size and shape phenotypes. PLoS Genet. 2021 06; 17(6):e1009562.

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Shishido CM, Woods HA, Tobalske BW, Lane SJ, Moran AL. Body Size of Temperate Sea Spiders: No Evidence of Oxygen-Temperature Limitations. Biol Bull. 2020 08; 239(1):51-61.

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Pumill CA, Bush CG, Greiner MA, Hall ME, Dunlay SM, Correa A, Curtis LH, Suzuki T, Hardy C, Blackshear CT, O'Brien EC, Mentz RJ. Neck circumference and cardiovascular outcomes: Insights from the Jackson Heart Study. Am Heart J. 2019 06; 212:72-79.

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Dubey B, Jackson MD, Zeigler-Johnson C, Devarajan K, Flores-Obando RE, McFarlane-Anderson N, Tulloch-Reid MK, Aiken W, Kimbro K, Jones DZ, Kidd LR, Ragin C. Inflammation polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk in Jamaican men: Role of obesity/body size. Gene. 2017 Dec 15; 636:96-102.

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Florath I, Sarink D, Saunders C, Heyworth J, Fritschi L. Breast cancer risk and the interaction between adolescent body size and weight gain in later life: A case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 12; 45:135-144.

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Magalh?es WF, Weidhase M, Schulze A, Bailey-Brock JH. Taxonomic remarks on the genus Ctenodrilus (Annelida: Cirratulidae) including description of a new species from the Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 2016 Apr 14; 4103(4):325-43.

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Fong KS, Hufnagel RB, Khadka VS, Corley MJ, Maunakea AK, Fogelgren B, Ahmed ZM, Lozanoff S. A mutation in the tuft mouse disrupts TET1 activity and alters the expression of genes that are crucial for neural tube closure. Dis Model Mech. 2016 05 01; 9(5):585-96.

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