Operationalization of food consumption surveys in Europe: Recommendations from the European Food Consumption Survey Methods (EFCOSUM) Project

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue , 2002, Pages S75-S88

  De Henauw, S ^a   Brants, H A M ^b   Becker, W ^c   Kaic Rak, A ^d   Ruprich, J ^e   Sekula, W ^f   Mensink, G B M ^g   Koenig, J S ^h  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^d a public research institute of the Republic of Croatia   (Croatia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Food consumption survey; Nutritional epidemiology; Operationalization; Recruitment; Sampling

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET SURVEYS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 11144273702     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601431     Document Type: Article

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