Bias in self-reported height and weight in preadolescents

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 911-916

  Seghers, Jan ^a   Claessens, Albrecht L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; CI; Confidence interval; Odds ratio; OR; SD; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78449278384     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.06.038     Document Type: Article

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