A semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire is a valid indicator of the usual intake of phytoestrogens by South Asian women in the UK relative to multiple 24-h dietary recalls and multiple plasma samples

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-123

  Bhakta, Dee ^a,c   Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^a   Higgins, Craig ^a   Sevak, Leena ^a,d   Kassam Khamis, Tashmin ^a,e   Mangtani, Punam ^a   Adlercreutz, Herman ^b   McMichael, Anthony ^a,f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Wembley Centre for Health and Care   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

24 h recalls; Food frequency questionnaire; Phytoestrogens; Plasma phytoestrogens; Validation

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; ENTEROLACTONE; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 11844257018     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.1.116     Document Type: Article

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