Validation of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for use among adults in Guatemala

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 691-698

  Rodríguez, Monica M ^a   Méndez, Humberto ^a   Torún, Benjamín ^a   Schroeder, Dirk ^b   Stein, Aryeh D ^b  

^a Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concordance; Correlation; Dietary assessment; Food frequency; Twenty four hour dietary recalls; Validity

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036790931     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002333     Document Type: Article

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