Assessing the accuracy of self-reported height and weight in an elective surgical population in a melbourne metropolitan hospital

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 645-650

  Bowden, C ^a,b   Loughnan, T ^a  

^a PENINSULA HEALTH   (Australia)

^b FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Body mass index; Height; Self reporting; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

EID: 33750620174     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400510     Document Type: Article

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