Adjusting body mass for measurement error with invalid validation data

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 275-293

  Courtemanche, Charles ^a,b   Pinkston, Joshua C ^c   Stewart, Jay ^d,e  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^e IZA Bonn and CESifo   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Measurement error; Obesity; Validation data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; INVALIDITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ERROR; SOCIOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; ADULT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84947930928     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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