Can self-reported height and weight be relied upon?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 590-592

  Lois, K ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Williams, N ^b   Birrell, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Health and Wellbeing Works Ltd ^*

^c Health and Wellbeing Works Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Height; Obesity; Weight; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 82355183646     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr140     Document Type: Article

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