Comparability of nutrient estimation by three food frequency questionnaires for use in epidemiological studies

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-9

  McCann, Susan E ^a   Trevisan, Maurizio ^a   Priore, Roger L ^a   Muti, Paola ^a   Markovic, Nina ^b   Russell, Marcia ^c   Chan, Arthur W K ^c   Freudenheim, Jo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032804620     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S153279144-9     Document Type: Article

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