Validity of self-reported waist and hip circumferences in men and women.

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Published in Epidemiology on November 01, 1990

Authors

E B Rimm1, M J Stampfer, G A Colditz, C G Chute, L B Litin, W C Willett

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1: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.

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