Associations of race/ethnicity, education, and dietary intervention with the validity and reliability of a food frequency questionnaire: The women's health trial feasibility study in minority populations

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 856-869

  Kristal, Alan R ^a,b   Feng, Ziding ^a   Coates, Ralph J ^c   Oberman, Albert ^d   George, Valerie ^e  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Diet records; Minority groups; Nutrition assessment; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030703119     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009203     Document Type: Article

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