Relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire used in the Inter99 study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1038-1046

  Toft, U ^a   Kristoffersen, L ^a   Ladelund, S ^a   Bysted, A ^b   Jakobsen, J ^b   Lau, C ^c   Jorgensen T ^c   Borch Johnsen, K ^b   Ovesen, L ^d  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^d The Danish Heart Foundation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; LYCOPENE; NITROGEN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY; VEGETABLE;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; DENMARK; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 49349099866     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602815     Document Type: Article

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