Assessment of representativity of a study population - Experience of the Kiel obesity prevention study (KOPS)

Obesity Facts

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 325-330

  Plachta Danielzik, Sandra ^a   Bartel, Carmen ^b   Raspe, Heiner ^b   Thyen, Ute ^b   Landsberg, Beate ^a   Müller, Manfred James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Missing values; Non response; Representativity; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75649142929     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000176609     Document Type: Article

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