Validation and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for use in Puerto Rican children

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 58-64

  Preston, Alan M ^a   Palacios, Cristina ^b   Rodríguez, Cindy A ^a   Vélez Rodríguez, Rose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Children; Food Frequency Questionnaire; Puerto Rican; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79957966403     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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