Validation of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for argentinean adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dehghan, Mahshid ^a   del Cerro, Silvia ^b   Zhang, Xiaohe ^a   Cuneo, Jose Maini ^b   Linetzky, Bruno ^b   Diaz, Rafael ^b   Merchant, Anwar T ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience INECO Oroño   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARGENTINEAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84861476922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037958     Document Type: Article

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