Reproducibility and relative validity of energy and macronutrient intake of 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 ^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; Germany; Nutrient intake measurements; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030996216     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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