The european food consumption validation project: Conclusions and recommendations

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue , 2011, Pages S102-S107

  de Boer, E J ^a   Slimani, N ^b   Van 't Veer P ^c   Boeing, H ^d   Feinberg, M ^e   Leclercq, C ^f   Trolle, E ^g   Amiano, P ^h   Andersen, L F ⁱ   Freisling, H ^b   Geelen, A ^c   Harttig, U ^d   Huybrechts, I ^j   Kaic Rak, A ^k   Lafay, L ^l   Lillegaard, I T ⁱ   Ruprich, J ^m   de Vries, J H ^c   Ocke M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione   (Italy)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k Akademija Medicinskih Znanostl Hrvatske   (United Kingdom)

^l FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

24 h dietary recall; EFCOVAL; EPIC Soft; Europe; Food consumption survey; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EATING HABIT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; CHILD; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; POTASSIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79960199655     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.94     Document Type: Article

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