Reliability and validity of birth certificate prepregnancy weight and height among women enrolled in prenatal WIC program: Florida, 2005

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 851-859

  Park, Sohyun ^a   Sappenfield, William M ^b   Bish, Connie ^a   Bensyl, Diana M ^c   Goodman, David ^a   Menges, Jane ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificate; Prepregnancy BMI; Prepregnancy height; Prepregnancy weight; Reliability; Validity; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MOTHERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855172271     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0544-4     Document Type: Article

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