Dietary validation of a new Australian food-frequency questionnaire that estimates long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 660-666

  Sullivan, Bethany L ^a   Brown, Janelle ^a   Williams, Peter G ^a   Meyer, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

FFQ; n 3 PUFA; Validation

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38949123069     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507837408     Document Type: Article

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