Validity of self-reported weight, height and resultant body mass index in Chinese adolescents and factors associated with errors in self-reports

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhou, Xiaoyan ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^b   Cheng, Yue ^a   Ouyang, Xue ^a   Yan, Hong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 77950631309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-190     Document Type: Article

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