Validity of self-reported height and weight in a Korean population

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-36

  Lee, Dong Hun ^a,b   Shin, Aesun ^a   Kim, Jeongseon ^a   Yoo, Keun Young ^c   Sung, Joohon ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Height; Self report; Validity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 78651475501     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100058     Document Type: Article

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