End-digits preference for self-reported height depends on language

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bopp, Matthias ^a   Faeh, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149118179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-342     Document Type: Article

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