Reliability and validity of a maternal food frequency questionnaire designed to estimate consumption of common food allergens

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-138

  Venter, C ^a   Higgins, B ^b   Grundy, J ^a   Clayton, C B ^a   Gant, C ^a   Dean, Tara ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Food allergens; Food frequency questionnaire; Pregnancy; Reliability; Validation

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MILK; NUTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAFOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644981294     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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