Socioeconomic differentials in misclassification of height, weight and body mass index based on questionnaire data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 860-866

  Boström, Gunnel ^a,b   Diderichsen, Finn ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; Height; Misclassification; Socioeconomic differentials; Weight

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEM; MISCLASSIFICATION PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030763906     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.860     Document Type: Article

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