Reliability and validity of a food-frequency questionnaire for Chinese postmenopausal women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Xu, Liangzhi ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^b   D'Este, Catherine ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Food frequency questionnaire; Nutrient intake; Postmenopausal women; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHINESE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RELIABILITY; SODIUM INTAKE;

AGED; CHINA; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM, DIETARY;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 1542380452     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003510     Document Type: Article

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