Dietary intake estimated using different methods in two Italian older populations

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-60

  Bartali, Benedetta ^a   Turrini, Aida ^b   Salvini, Simonetta ^c   Lauretani, Fulvio ^a   Russo, Cosimo R ^a   Corsi, Anna M ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^a   D'Amicis, Amleto ^b   Palli, Domenico ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^e  

^a National Institute of Research and Care on Aging   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Dietary intake; Food frequency questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10744230933     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(03)00084-0     Document Type: Article

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