Self-report overestimates true height loss: Implications for diagnosis of osteoporosis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 590-592

  Birrell, Fraser ^a   Pearce, Mark S ^a   Francis, Roger M ^a   Parker, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; Height loss; Osteoporosis; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 27844432607     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1112-y     Document Type: Article

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