Reproducibility and relative validity of food group intake in a food frequency questionnaire developed for the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-158

  Esfahani, Firoozeh Hosseini ^a   Asghari, Golaleh ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^a,b   Azizi, Fereidoun ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Food group; Tehran; Validity and reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77950620023     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090083     Document Type: Article

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