Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire in assessing dietary intakes of low-income Caucasian postpartum women living in Sheffield, United Kingdom

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-139

  Mouratidou, Theodora ^a   Ford, Fiona A ^a   Fraser, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Postpartum nutrition; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952748249     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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