A Taiwanese food frequency questionnaire correlates with plasma docosahexaenoic acid but not with plasma eicosapentaenoic acid levels: Questionnaires and plasma biomarkers

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chien, Kuo Liong ^a,b   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^c   Tsai, Yi Tsen ^a   Chen, Pey Rong ^b   Lin, Hung Ju ^b   Hsu, Hsiu Ching ^b   Lee, Yuan The ^b,d   Chen, Ming Fong ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Food frequency questionnaire; N 3 fatty acid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84873718721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-23     Document Type: Article

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