Self-reported clothing size as a proxy measure for body size

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-676

  Hughes, Laura A E ^a   Schouten, Leo J ^a   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^b   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Weijenberg, Matty P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BODY SIZE; CLOTHING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 69549085308     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181a66eb5     Document Type: Article

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