Reporting error in weight and its implications for bias in economic models

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-44

  Cawley, John ^a,b   Maclean, Johanna Catherine ^c   Hammer, Mette ^d   Wintfeld, Neil ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Obesity; Reporting error; Weight

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; POPULATION; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; AGE; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84947903973     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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