Validity and reliability of a new food frequency questionnaire compared to 24h recalls and biochemical measurements: Pilot phase of Golestan cohort study of esophageal cancer

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 971-977

  Malekshah, A F ^a   Kimiagar, M ^a,d   Saadatian Elahi, M ^b,c   Pourshams, A ^a   Nouraie, M ^a   Goglani, G ^a   Hoshiarrad, A ^a   Sadatsafavi, M ^a   Golestan, B ^d   Yoonesi, A ^a   Rakhshani, N ^a   Fahimi, S ^a,b   Nasrollahzadeh, D ^a   Salahi, R ^e   Ghafarpour, A ^d   Semnani, S ^e   Steghens, J P ^c   Abnet, C C ^f   Kamangar, F ^f   Dawsey, S M ^f   Brennan, P ^b   Boffetta, P ^b   Malekzadeh, R ^a   more..

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; NITROGEN; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMINS;

EID: 33746692444     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602407     Document Type: Article

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