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Derived practical equations for estimating energy expenditure from oxygen consumption, carbon-dioxide production and urinary nitrogen, including simplified forms for indirect calorimetry.
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The record is Weir’s exact 1949 paper and its gas-exchange calculation methods. Earlier calorimetry, later validation and reformulation, instrument implementations and every downstream study remain separate.
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J. B. de V. Weir
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Weir: calculating metabolic rate with protein correction
Derived practical equations for estimating energy expenditure from oxygen consumption, carbon-dioxide production and urinary nitrogen, including simplified forms for indirect calorimetry.
Scientific scope
The record is Weir’s exact 1949 paper and its gas-exchange calculation methods. Earlier calorimetry, later validation and reformulation, instrument implementations and every downstream study remain separate.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
J. B. de V. Weir
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.