Effect of additional questions about fat on the validity of fat estimates from a food frequency questionnaire

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 186-192

  Wolk, A ^a   Ljung, H ^a   Vessby, B ^b   Hunter, D ^c,d   Willet, W C ^c,d   Adami, H O ^e   Bergkvist, L ^e   Bruce, A ^e   Holmberg, L ^e   Leppert, J ^e   Ljunghall, S ^e   Nilsson, G ^e   Ringqvist, I ^e   Sorensen S ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Fats; Questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031933308     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600538     Document Type: Article

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