Development, validation and utilisation of food-frequency questionnaires - A review

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 567-587

  Cade, Janet ^a   Thompson, Rachel ^b   Burley, Victoria ^a   Warm, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Method development; Review; Validation

Indexed keywords

DIET; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; DATA BASE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA COLLECTION; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036023658     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001318     Document Type: Article

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