Food frequency questionnaire is a valid tool in the nutritional assessment of Brazilian women of diverse ethnicity;Chinese Source

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-80

  Ishihara, Junko ^a,b   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Kunieda, Claudia Misae ^c   Hamada, Gerson Shigeaki ^c   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c Nikkei Disease Prevention Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; FFQ; Nutritional assessment; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67649995497     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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