Relative validity of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire designed for schoolchildren in western Greece

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Roumelioti, Maria ^a   Leotsinidis, Michalis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CHILD; GREECE; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 61649085942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-8-8     Document Type: Article

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