- Author
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National Bureau of Standards
- Title
- Body Measurements for the Sizing of Apparel for Young Men (Students). NBS Voluntary Product Standard.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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PS 45-71,
January 1972,
18 p.
- Distribution
- NIST is no longer involved in any activities related to apparel-size standards.
- Keywords
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garments
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males
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students
- Identifiers
- body measurements; grading charts; size designations
- Abstract
- This Voluntary Product Standard covers size categories, size designations, and body measurements for the sizing of apparel for boys designated young men or students. The young men (students) category is intended to include those boys and young men who have achieved most of their adult height, but not adult girth. The standard includes the following: applications of the body sizing system, methods of measuring the body, an explanation of the development of the Standard (appendix A) and sizing grades (appendix B). Also included is a method of identifying products that are sized using the measurements and designations in this Standard.