Anthropometric measurements and body silhouette of women: Validity and perception

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1779-1784

  Tehard, B ^a   Van Liere, M J ^b   Com Nougue C ^c   Clavel Chapelon, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036884323     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90381-0     Document Type: Article

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