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Reliability and criterion validity of self-measured waist, hip, and neck circumferences

BACKGROUND: Waist, hip, and neck circumference measurements are cost-effective, non-invasive, useful markers for body fat distribution and disease risk. For epidemiology and intervention studies, including body circumference measurements in self-report surveys could be informative. However, few stud...

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Autores principales: Barrios, Pamela, Martin-Biggers, Jennifer, Quick, Virginia, Byrd-Bredbenner, Carol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27145829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0150-2