Comparison of the 60- and 100-item NCI-block questionnaires with validation data

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-75

  Potischman, Nancy ^a,f   Carroll, Raymond J ^a,b   Iturria, Stephen J ^c   Mittl, Beth ^d   Curtin, Jane ^e   Thompson, Frances E ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032838253     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC340110     Document Type: Article

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