A rapid dietary assessment tool to determine intake of folate was developed and validated

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 802-808

  Hickling, Siobhan ^a   Knuiman, Matthew ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^b   Hung, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Dietary assessment; Folate; Food frequency questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 22044440016     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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