Validating an FFQ for intake of episodically consumed foods: Application to the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1212-1221

  Midthune, Douglas ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Subar, Amy F ^a   Thompson, Frances E ^a   Freedman, Laurence S ^b   Carroll, Raymond J ^c   Shumakovich, Marina A ^a   Kipnis, Victor ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiological methods; Food; Questionnaires; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960110369     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000632     Document Type: Article

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