Validity of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire developed for women in the Northeast of Brazil;Validade de um questionário quantitativo de freqüência alimentar desenvolvido para população feminina no nordeste do Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-490

  De Lima, Flávia Emília Leite ^a,c   Slater, Bethzabeth ^b   Latorre, Maria Do Rosário D O ^b   Fisberg, Regina Mara ^b  

^a Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Coordenação de Nutrição ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149085955     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-790X2007000400006     Document Type: Article

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