Reliability of self-reported weight and height among State bank employees

INTRODUCTION: Self-reported weight and height were compared with direct measurements in order to evaluate the agreement between the two sources. METHOD: Data were obtained from a cross-sectional study on health status from a probabilistic sample of 1,183 employees of a bank, in Rio de Janeiro State,...

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Main Authors: Dóra Chor, Evandro da Silva Freire Coutinho, Ruy Laurenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1999-02-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101999000100004&lng=en&tlng=en