Diet quality of a population sample from coastal north-east Spain evaluated by a Mediterranean adaptation of the Diet Quality Index (DQI)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-24

  Bondia Pons, Isabel ^a,b   Mayneris Perxachs, Jordi ^b   Serra Majem, Lluís ^c   Castellote, Ana I ^a,b   Mariné, Abel ^a   López Sabater, M Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Diet quality index; Mediterranean region; Nutritional survey; Plasma fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 75149154237     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990231     Document Type: Article

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