Validation of body size information on driver's licenses.
Weight and height values measured in a population-based case-control study of breast cancer conducted in Hawaii were used to validate body size information recorded on driver's licenses. It is concluded that this information is sufficiently accurate to justify the use of driver's license registration files as a means of assembling large prospective or historical cohorts to study the health hazards of obesity.
Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96813.
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D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D001824:Body Constitution; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications