Reproducibility, validity, and responsiveness to change of a short questionnaire for measuring fruit and vegetable intake

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 900-909

  Bogers, Rik P ^a   Van Assema, Patricia ^a   Kester, Arnold D M ^a   Westerterp, Klaas R ^a   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Fruit; Nutrition assessment; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Validation studies publication type ; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID;

DIET;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 2342577573     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh123     Document Type: Article

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