Adaptation of a food frequency questionnaire to assess diets of Puerto Rican and non-Hispanic adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 507-518

  Tucker, Katherine L ^a   Bianchi, Lisa A ^a   Maras, Janice ^a   Bermudez, Odilia I ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiologic methods; Ethnic groups; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032169522     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009676     Document Type: Article

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