Use of a food frequency questionnaire to assess diets of Jamaican adults: Validation and correlation with biomarkers

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jackson, Maria D ^a   Walker, Susan P ^b   Younger, Novie M ^b   Bennett, Franklyn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; NUTRIENT; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CALIBRATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALIBRATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 79953760155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-28     Document Type: Article

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