Bias and imprecision in posture percentile variables estimated from short exposure samples

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^a   Wahlström, Jens ^a,b   Forsman, Mikael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ARM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; POSTURE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858736765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-36     Document Type: Article

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