Validation of a food-frequency questionnaire to assess dietary intakes in cancer studies in Italy: Results for specific nutrients

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 110-118

  Decarli, Adriano ^a,b   Franceschi, Silvia ^c   Ferraroni, Monica ^a   Gnagnarella, Patrizia ^c   Parpinel, Maria Teresa ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,d   Negri, Eva ^d   Salvini, Simonetta ^e   Falcini, Fabio ^f   Giacosa, Attilio ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer; Diet; food frequency questionnaire; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17944392231     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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