Reproducibility and relative validity of food group intake in a food frequency questionnaire developed for the German part of the EPIC project

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Bohlscheid Thomas, Stefanie ^a   Hoting, Ina ^a,b   Boeing, Heiner ^c   Wahrendorf, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet recalls; EPIC; Food frequency questionnaire; Food intake measurements; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEGUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0030888571     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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