The Dutch EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire. I. Description of the questionnaire, and relative validity and reproducibility for food groups

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Ocké, Marga C ^a   Bueno De Mesquita, H Bas ^a   Goddijn, H Ester ^a   Jansen, Annemarie ^a   Pols, Margreet A ^b   Van Staveren, Wija A ^c   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EPIC; Food frequency questionnaire; Food groups; Food photographs; Relative validity; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; SUGAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0030889263     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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