Validation of recall of body weight over a 26-year period in cohort members of the Adventist Health Study 2

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 744-746

  Kyulo, Namgyal L ^a   Knutsen, Synnove F ^a   Tonstad, Serena ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a   Singh, Pramil N ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Correlation coefficient; Elderly; Overweight; Recall bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL BIAS; RELIGIOUS GROUP; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866525364     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.106     Document Type: Article

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