Validation and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire to assess energy and fat intake in affluent north Indians

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 230-235

  Pandey, D ^a   Bhatia, V ^a   Boddula, R ^a   Singh, H K ^a   Bhatia, E ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30844441637     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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