Development and validation of a short food list to assess the intake of total fat, saturated, mono-unsaturated, polyunsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-268

  Rohrmann, Sabine ^a,c   Klein, Gisela ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol intake; Development; Fat intake; Nutritional epidemiology; Short questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FAT; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; EATING; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037639446     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/13.3.262     Document Type: Article

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