Intraobserver error associated with measurements of the hand

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 368-371

  Weinberg, Seth M ^a,c   Scott, Nicole M ^a   Neiswanger, Katherine ^a   Marazita, Mary L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20144373089     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20129     Document Type: Article

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