Reproducibility of self-reported past body weight

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 525-528

  Klipstein Grobusch, K ^a   Kroke, A ^a   Boeing, H ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031870462     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600601     Document Type: Article

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