Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire in a case-control study on breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-409

  Männistö, Satu ^a   Virtanen, Mikko ^a   Mikkonen, Tuula ^b   Pietinen, Pirjo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Reproducibility; Selenium; Validity

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; THIAMINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0342398237     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00551-X     Document Type: Article

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