Reproducibility and validity of a Chinese food frequency questionnaire used in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Lee, Meei Shyuan ^a   Pan, Wen Harn ^b,c   Liu, Kai Li ^d   Yu, Mei Shu ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese Food frequency questionnaire; Diet record; Ratio of within to between person variation; Reproducibility; Taiwan; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745495009     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: 09647058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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