Reproducibility and validity of a food-frequency questionnaire for use among low-income Brazilian workers

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 821-827

  Schmid Fornés, Nélida ^a,b   Ferreira Stringhini, Maria Luiza ^a   Müller Elias, Berenice ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Fundação Hospitalar ^*  (Brazil)

^c Fundação Hospitalar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dietary recall; Food frequency questionnaire; Low income Brazilian workers; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VITAMIN INTAKE; WORKER;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0346749745     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003505     Document Type: Article

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