Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 655-659 , June 2010

Pictogram use was validated for estimating individual's body mass index

  • Abbas Ali Keshtkar

      Affiliations

    • Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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  • Shahryar Semnani

      Affiliations

    • Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
    • ,
  • Akram Pourshams

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Hooman Khademi

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Gholamreza Roshandel

      Affiliations

    • Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Number 77, Qabooseieh Passage, Valiasr Street, Gorgan 49166-53588, Golestan Province, Iran. Tel.: +98-171-2240835; fax: +98-171-2269210.
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  • Paolo Boffetta

      Affiliations

    • Genetics and Epidemiology Cluster, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Reza Malekzadeh

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

,Accepted 11 August 2009.

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PII: S0895-4356(09)00266-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.014

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 655-659 , June 2010

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