Dietary assessment in the elderly: Validation of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 588-596

  Klipstein Grobusch, K ^a,b   Den Breeijen, J H ^c   Goldbohm, R A ^c   Geleijnse, J M ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Grobbee, D E ^d   Witteman, J C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Elderly; Food frequency questionnaire; Food records; Validity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETITIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031827549     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600611     Document Type: Article

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