Sugar snack consumption in Ugandan schoolchildren; validity and reliability of a food frequency questionnaire

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 372-380

  Kiwanuka, S N ^a,b   Astrom A N ^a,c   Trovik, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Centre for International Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Reliability; Schoolchildren; Sugared snacks; Uganda; Validity

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; CANDY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 33748335614     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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