Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire to assess dietary intake of women living in Mexico City

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-140

  Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^b   Parra, Socorro ^a   Hernández Avila, Juan ^a   Madrigal, Herlinda ^c   Willett, Walter ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Ctro Panam Ecologia Humana y Salud   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiology; Mexico; Questionnaire validity; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICO; NUTRIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031804246     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36341998000200005     Document Type: Article

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