Validity of self-reported weight and height in the french GAZEL cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1111-1118

  Niedhammer, I ^a   Bugel, I ^a   Bonenfant, S ^a   Goldberg, M ^a   Leclerc, A ^a  

^a Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

Author keywords

Body height; Body mass index; Body weight; Misclassification; Obesity; Self reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033811298     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801375     Document Type: Article

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