Validity of self-reported height and weight for measuring prevalence of obesity

Open Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Dehghan, Mahshid ^b   Merchant, Anwar T ^c   Rainey, James A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 54749136683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
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