Validity and reproducibility of the food-frequency questionnaire used in the Shanghai Men's Health Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 993-1000

  Villegas, Raquel ^a   Yang, Gong ^a   Liu, DaKe ^b   Xiang, Yong Bing ^b   Cai, Hui ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 34147107151     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507669189     Document Type: Article

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