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bone_mass_age: Predict bone mass.

Description

Predict bone mass from age_years, height, weight, gender, using logistic equations fit to data from Baxter-Jones et al. 2011, or for infants < 1 year, using equation from Koo et al. 2000 (See Price et al. 2003)

Usage

bone_mass_age(age_years, age_months, height, weight, gender)

Arguments

age_years

Vector of ages in years.

age_months

Vector of ages in months.

height

Vector of heights in cm.

weight

Vector of body weights in kg.

gender

Vector of genders, either 'Male' or 'Female'.

Value

Vector of bone masses.

References

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