Relative validity of a food-frequency questionnaire developed to assess food intake of schoolchildren living in the Brazilian Western Amazon;Validade relativa de um questionário de frequência alimentar desenvolvido para avaliar a ingestão por escolares da Amazônia Ocidental Brasileira

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2197-2206

  Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza ^a   Garcia, Mariana Tarricone ^b   Indiani, Ana Luiza Coutinho ^b   Cardoso, Marly Augusto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Diet surveys; Food habits

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955177050     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2011001100013     Document Type: Article

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