Dietary intake and development of a quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for the Barbados National Cancer Study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 464-470

  Sharma, Sangita ^a,d   Cao, Xia ^a   Harris, Rachel ^b,e,f   Hennis, Anselm J M ^b,c,e,f   Leske, M Cristina ^c,d   Wu, Suh Yuh ^c   Nemesure, Barbara ^d   Wu, S Y ^d   Williams, Lynda ^e,f   Waterman, Lyndon ^e,f   Bailey Wilson, Joan ^g   Carpten, John ^h   Trent, Jeffrey ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic   (Barbados)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^g NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African origin populations; Barbados National Cancer Study; Dietary assessment; Food and nutrient intake; Quantitative food frequency questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 34247610803     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007220531     Document Type: Article

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