Assessment of reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire in a sample of adults living in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do sul State, Brazil;Avaliação de reprodutibilidade e validade de um questionário de freqüência alimentar em adultos residentes em Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 840-848

  Zanolla, Anelise Fernanda ^a   Olinto, Maria Teresa Anselmo ^a   Henn, Ruth Liane ^a   Wahrlich, Vivian ^b   Dos Anjos, Luiz Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Feeding behavior; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249133013     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009000400015     Document Type: Article

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