A data-based approach to diet questionnaire design and testing

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 453-469

  Block, Gladys ^a   Hartman, Anne M ^a   Dresser, Connie M ^b   Carroll, Margaret D ^b   Gannon, Janet ^b   Gardner, Lilly ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c Capital E Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiologic methods; Food; Nutrition; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIET; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0022553666     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114416     Document Type: Article

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