Agreement between measured and self-reported height, weight and BMI in predominantly European middle-aged New Zealanders: Findings from a nationwide 1989 survey

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1362, 2012, Pages 60-69

  Sharples, Heidi ^a   Crutchley, Peter W ^a   García, José A ^a   Gray, Andrew R ^a   Horwath, Caroline C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866924338     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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