Development and validation of a food-frequency questionnaire for the determination of detailed fatty acid intakes

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-107

  Cantwell, Marie M ^a,b,e   Gibney, Michael J ^b   Cronin, Denis ^c   Younger, Kate M ^a   O'Neill, John P ^c   Hogan, Linda ^a   Flynn, Mary A T ^a,d  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Nutrition and Active Living   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue biopsies; Fatty acids; Linoleic acid; Nutrient database; Trans unsaturated fatty acids; Validation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 13544255420     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005668     Document Type: Article

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