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Biases in self-reported height and weight measurements and their effects on modeling health outcomes

Self-reported anthropometrics are often used as proxies for measured anthropometrics, but research has shown that heights and weights are often misreported. Using the Study on global AGEing and adult health, I analyze misreporting patterns of height, weight, and BMI in China, India, Russia, and Sout...

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Autor principal: Ng, Carmen D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31193386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100405