Reproducibility and validity of an expanded self-administered semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire among male health professionals

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1114-1126

  Rimm, Eric B ^a   Giovannucci, Edward L ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Litin, Lisa B ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiologic methods; Food; Nutrition; Nutrition surveys; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; BOSTON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026654265     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116211     Document Type: Article

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