Development of an interview-administered food-frequency questionnaire for use amongst women of South Asian ethnic origin in Britain

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-19

  Kassam Khamis, T ^a   Nanchahal, K ^a   Mangtani, P ^a   Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^a   McMichael, A ^a   Anderson, A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease epidemiology; Food frequency questionnaire; Repeatability; South Asian diets; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIET; EATING HABIT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033067764     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277x.1999.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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