Estimating nutrient intake from a food frequency questionnaire: incorporating the elements of race and geographic region

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-111

  Signorello, Lisa B ^a,b,c   Munro, Heather M ^a   Buchowski, Maciej S ^b,c   Schlundt, David G ^b,c   Cohen, Sarah S ^a   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^d   Blot, William J ^a,b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Diet; Epidemiologic methods; Food; Geography; Nutrition surveys; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

BLACK POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650088279     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp098     Document Type: Article

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