Body Surface Area (BSA)

Estimate your body surface area — used clinically for drug and chemotherapy dosing.

✓ Reviewed by Dr. Poonam Sekhon Chahal · 24 May 2026

How this is calculated

Mosteller (the most common clinical formula): BSA = √[(height_cm × weight_kg) / 3600]. DuBois and Haycock are shown for comparison.

Sources

  1. Mosteller RD. Simplified calculation of body-surface area. N Engl J Med 1987.
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