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The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES III, 1988-94) Reference Manuals and Reports

The following NHANES III reference manuals and reports can be viewed, printed, and downloaded using the Adobe Acrobat software. The reports and survey manuals can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat reader.

 

Analytic Guidelines

bullet textAnalytic Guidelines for NHANES III 126 KB

 

Plan and Operations Reports

bullet textPlan and Operations Report 21 MB

 

Reference Manuals

bullet graphicAudiometry and Tympanometry Manual 591 KB

bullet graphicBlood Pressure Quality Control Program 999 KB

bullet graphicBody Measurements (Anthropometry) Manual 486 KB

bullet graphicBone Densitometry Manual 348 KB

bullet graphicCAPI Field Office Training Guide 623 KB

bullet graphicCognitive Testing for Children 1 MB

bullet graphicCoordinator Manual 4.1 MB

bullet graphicDietary Interviewers Manual  21.1 MB

bullet graphicElectrocardiogram Manual 703 KB

bullet graphicField Operations Manual 8.6 MB

bullet graphicField Operations Reference Manuals (by topic)

bullet graphicFundus Photography Manual  1.4 MB

bullet graphicGallbladder Ultrasonography Procedures Manual 495 KB

bullet graphicHome Examiner’s Manual 3 MB

bullet graphicInterviewer’s Manual 16.1 MB

bullet graphicLaboratory Procedures Used for NHANES III 10.8 MB

bullet graphicManual for Medical Technicians 12.4 MB

bullet graphicMEC Interviewers Manual 5.3 MB

bullet graphicNeurobehavioral Testing Procedures Manual 177 KB

bullet graphicObtaining Respondent Cooperation on NHANES III 1.9 MB

bullet graphicOral Examination Component 4.1 MB

bullet graphicPhysical Function Evaluation Manual 521 KB

bullet graphicPhysician Examiner’s Training Manual 13.5 MB

bullet graphicPulse and Blood Pressure Procedures Manual 524 KB

bullet graphicSpirometry Procedure Manual 711 KB

bullet graphicTraining Manual for Allergy Component 637 KB

bullet graphicTraining Manual for Telephone Interviewers 1.9 MB

bullet graphicX-Ray Procedures Manual 430 KB

 

 

Reports

bullet graphicAccounting for Item Non-Response Bias 292 KB

bullet graphicAnthropometric Reference Data, United States, 1988-1994

bullet graphicWeighting and Estimation Methodology 143 KB

bullet graphicSample Design Report 2.5 MB

bullet graphicSerum Biochemistry Profile - Erratum on laboratory method 13 KB

 

 

 

This page last reviewed June 05, 2008

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