Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire for assessment of fruit and vegetable intake in Iranian adults

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1286-1297

  Mohammadifard, Noushin ^a   Omidvar, Nasrin ^b   Houshiarrad, Anahita ^b   Neyestani, Tirang ^b   Naderi, Gholam Ali ^a   Soleymani, Bahram ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Criterion validity; Fruits and vegetable; Reproducibility; Semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; LIPID; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRING; SUMMER; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

EID: 80955163894     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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