Reproducibility and relative validity of an extensive semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire using dietary records and biochemical markers among Greek schoolteachers

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Katsouyanni, Klea ^a   Rimm, Eric B ^b,c   Gnardellis, Charalambos ^b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,c   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^b   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiological methods; Food; Greece; Nutrition; Nutrition surveys; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0030933461     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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