Dietary assessment in the elderly: Application of a two-step semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire for epidemiological studies

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 361-373

  Klipstein Grobusch, K ^a,b   Witteman, J C M ^a   Den Breeijen, J H ^c   Goldbohm, R A ^c   Hofman, A ^a   De Jong, P T V M ^a,d,e   Pols, H A ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Elderly; Food frequency questionnaire; Nutrient intake

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUGAR INTAKE;

EID: 0032703807     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277x.1999.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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