Reproducibility of a short semi-quantitative food group questionnaire and its performance in estimating nutrient intake compared with a 7-day diet diary in the Million Women Study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-213

  Roddam, Andrew W ^a   Spencer, Elizabeth ^a   Banks, Emily ^b   Beral, Valerie ^a   Reeves, Gillian ^a   Appleby, Paul ^a   Barnes, Isobel ^c   Whiteman, David C ^d   Key, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary assessment; Epidemiological method; Food; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SUGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD GROUP QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17444401784     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004676     Document Type: Article

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