Reproducibility and validity of coffee and tea consumption in Italy

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 674-680

  Ferraroni, M ^a   Tavani, A ^b   Decarli, A ^c   Franceschi, S ^d   Parpinel, M ^e   Negri, E ^b   La Vecchia, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coffee; Epidemiological methods; Food frequency questionnaire; Reproducibility; Tea; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEA; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COFFEE; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEA;

EID: 16544391256     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601864     Document Type: Article

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