Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire in European and Polynesian New Zealanders

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-308

  Metcalf, Patricia ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Dryson, Evan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Penrose Occupational Health Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet records; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition survey; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Validation study

Indexed keywords

FOOD FREQUENCY; MAORI PEOPLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC;

EID: 0031426687     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961838     Document Type: Article

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