Selecting informative food items for compiling food-frequency questionnaires: Comparison of procedures

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 446-456

  Molag, Marja L ^a   De Vries, Jeanne H M ^a   Duif, Niels ^a   Ocké, Marga C ^b   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^c   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^d   Van'T Veer, Pieter ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiological methods; FFQ; Nutrition assessment

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN INTAKE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FOOD; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955475506     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000401     Document Type: Article

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