Variability in the measurement of anthropometric measures: Comparison between two statistical methods to assess interviewers, calibration;Variabilidade na aferição de medidas antropométricas: Comparação de dois métodos estatísticos para avaliar a calibração de entrevistadores

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-286

  De Castro, Vanilde ^a   De Moraes, Suzana Alves ^a,c   De Freitas, Isabel Cristina Martins ^a   Mondini, Lenise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calibration; Intraclass correlation coefficient; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 48149106360     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-790X2008000200009     Document Type: Article

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