Applied Nursing Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 25-30 , February 2012

The validity of self-report weight and height as a surrogate method for direct measurement

Received 29 November 2009 ,Revised 1 June 2010 ,Accepted 6 June 2010.

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 Funding: This manuscript was supported by a grant from the NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (T32 NR007110, J. K. Williams, principal investigator).

PII: S0897-1897(10)00039-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2010.06.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 25-30 , February 2012