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gen_height_weight

Generate heights and weights for a virtual population.


Description

Generate heights and weights for a virtual population.

Usage

gen_height_weight(hbw_dt)

Arguments

hbw_dt

A data.table describing the virtual population by race, gender, and age (in years and months). Must have variables gender, reth, age, and age.years.

Value

The same data.table with two new variables added: weight and height. Respectively, these give individual body weights in kg, and individual heights in cm.

Author(s)

Caroline Ring

References

Ring, Caroline L., et al. "Identifying populations sensitive to environmental chemicals by simulating toxicokinetic variability." Environment International 106 (2017): 105-118


httk

High-Throughput Toxicokinetics

v2.0.4
GPL-3
Authors
John Wambaugh [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-534X>), Robert Pearce [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3168-4049>), Caroline Ring [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0463-1251>), Greg Honda [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-9850>), Mark Sfeir [aut], Matt Linakis [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-2395>), Sarah Davidson [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-9380>), Miyuki Breen [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-4653>), Shannon Bell [ctb], Xiaoqing Chang [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0752-1848>), Jimena Davis [ctb], James Sluka [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5901-1404>), Nisha Sipes [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4203-6426>), Barbara Wetmore [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6878-5348>), Woodrow Setzer [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-9186>)
Initial release
2021-05-07

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