Qualitative research in nutrition and dietetics: Assessing quality

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-214

  Pilnick, A ^a   Swift, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietetics; Food; Generalisability; Nutrition; Qualitative research; Quality criteria; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

DIETETICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DIETETICS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79955653373     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01120.x     Document Type: Review

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