Publishing Nutrition Research: Validity, Reliability, and Diagnostic Test Assessment in Nutrition-Related Research

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-419

  Gleason, Philip M ^a   Harris, Jeffrey ^a   Sheean, Patricia M ^a   Boushey, Carol J ^a   Bruemmer, Barbara ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIETETICS; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 76849109023     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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