Self-administered semiquantitative food frequency questionnaires: Patterns, predictors, and interpretation of omitted items

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-301

  Michels, Karin B ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149134485     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181931515     Document Type: Article

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