Reliability and relative validity of an FFQ for nutrients in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 654-662

  Mirmiran, Parvin ^a,b   Hosseini Esfahani, Firoozeh ^a   Mehrabi, Yadollah ^c   Hedayati, Mahdi ^a   Azizi, Fereidoon ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nutrition assessment; Questionnaire; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954215352     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991698     Document Type: Article

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