Validity of self-reported weight and height: The Goiânia study, Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1065-1072

  Pdo Rosário Gondimeixoto, Maria ^a   Benício, Maria Helena D'Aquino ^b   Jardim, Paulo César Brandão Veiga ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity, diagnosis; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247185731     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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