NHANES III
Reports and Reference Manuals
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
Plan and Operations Reports
Reference Manuals
- Audiometry and Tympanometry Manual [PDF - 591 KB]
- Blood Pressure Quality Control Program [PDF - 999 KB]
- Body Measurements (Anthropometry) Manual [PDF - 486 KB]
- Body Measures (Anthropometry) Procedures Video
- Bone Densitometry Manual [PDF - 348 KB]
- CAPI Field Office Training Guide [PDF - 623 KB]
- Cognitive Testing for Children [PDF - 1 MB]
- Coordinator Manual [PDF - 4.1 MB]
- Dietary Interviewers Manual [PDF - 21.1 MB]
- Electrocardiogram Manual [PDF - 703 KB]
- Field Operations Manual [PDF - 8.6 MB]
- Field Operations Reference Manuals (by topic) [PDF - 338 KB]
- Fundus Photography Manual [PDF - 1.4 MB]
- Gallbladder Ultrasonography Procedures Manual [PDF - 495 KB]
- Hepatic Steatosis Ultrasound Images Assessment Procedures Manual [PDF – 1.6 MB]
- Home Examiner’s Manual [PDF - 3 MB]
- Interviewer’s Manual [PDF - 16.2 MB]
- Laboratory Procedures Used for NHANES III [PDF - 10.8 MB]
- MEC Interviewers Manual [PDF - 5.3 MB]
- Neurobehavioral Testing Procedures Manual [PDF - 177 KB]
- Obtaining Respondent Cooperation on NHANES III [PDF - 1.9 MB]
- Oral Examination Component [PDF - 4.1 MB]
- Physical Function Evaluation Manual [PDF - 521 KB]
- Physician Examiner’s Training Manual [PDF - 13.5 MB]
- Pulse and Blood Pressure Procedures Manual [PDF - 524 KB]
- Spirometry Procedure Manual [PDF - 711 KB]
- Training Manual for Allergy Component [PDF - 637 KB]
- Training Manual for Telephone Interviewers [PDF - 1.9 MB]
- X-Ray Procedures Manual [PDF - 430 KB]
Reports
- Accounting for Item Non-Response Bias [PDF - 292 KB]
- Anthropometric Reference Data, United States, 1988-1994 [PDF - 2.8 MB]
- Weighting and Estimation Methodology [PDF - 143 KB]
- Sample Design Report [PDF - 2.5 MB]
- Serum Biochemistry Profile - Erratum on laboratory method [PDF - 13 KB]

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