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skeletal_muscle_mass_children

Predict skeletal muscle mass for children

Description

For individuals under age 18, predict skeletal muscle mass from gender and age, using a nonlinear equation from Webber and Barr (2012)

Usage

skeletal_muscle_mass_children(gender, age_years)

Arguments

`gender`	Vector of genders (either 'Male' or 'Female').
`age_years`	Vector of ages in years.

Value

Vector of skeletal muscle masses in kg.

Author(s)

Caroline Ring

References

Webber, Colin E., and Ronald D. Barr. "Age-and gender-dependent values of skeletal muscle mass in healthy children and adolescents." Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 3.1 (2012): 25-29.

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