Self-reported versus measured height and weight in the health and retirement study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-413

  Meng, Hongdao ^a   He, Xiaoxing Z ^b   Dixon, Denise ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749101419     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02713.x     Document Type: Letter

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