Lifetime body size and reproductive factors: Comparisons of data recorded prospectively with self reports in middle age

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cairns, Benjamin J ^a   Liu, Bette ^a,c   Clennell, Suzanne ^b   Cooper, Rachel ^b   Reeves, Gillian K ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a   Kuh, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 78651406469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-7     Document Type: Article

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