Validity of a food frequency questionnaire varied by age and body mass index

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 994-1001

  Paalanen, Laura ^a   Männistö, Satu ^a   Virtanen, Mikko J ^a   Knekt, Paul ^a   Räsänen, Leena ^b   Montonen, Jukka ^a   Pietinen, Pirjo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Diet; Food frequency questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 33746765579     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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