Estimating dietary intakes from a brief questionnaire: A simulation study of reliability in a molecular epidemiologic study of pancreatic and biliary diseases

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 417-426

  Mendez, Michelle A ^a,b   Vioque, Jesús ^c   Porta, Miquel ^b,d   Morales, Eva ^b   López, Tomàs ^b   Malats, Núria ^b   Crous, Marta ^b   Gómez, Luis I ^d,e  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Epidemiologic methods; Food frequency questionnaires; Nutritional epidemiology; Pancreatic neoplasms epidemiology; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; METHIONINE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRIENT; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SPAIN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33747465891     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9020-2     Document Type: Article

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