The validity of self-report weight and height as a surrogate method for direct measurement

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-30

  Powell Young, Yolanda M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b DILLARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84856221710     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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