Validity and reliability of the Block98 food-frequency questionnaire in a sample of Canadian women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-93

  Boucher, Beatrice ^a   Cotterchio, Michelle ^a,b   Kreiger, Nancy ^a,b   Nadalin, Victoria ^a   Block, Torin ^c   Block, Gladys ^d  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Block Dietary Data Systems   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Dietary recall; Food frequency questionnaire; Reliability; Validity; Women

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645218993     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005763     Document Type: Article

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