Not the time to abandon the food frequency questionnaire: Point

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1757-1758

  Willett, Walter C ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT SURVEY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FATS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33750524398     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0388     Document Type: Short Survey

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