Reliability of self-reported weight and height among State bank employees

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-23

  Chor, Dóra ^a,c   Coutinho, Evandro Da Silva Freire ^a   Laurenti, Ruy ^b  

^a Depto de Epidemiologia da Escola   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Rua Leopolde Bulhões   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body weight; Data collection; Epidemiology; Obesity; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033071788     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89101999000100004     Document Type: Article

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