Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among pregnant women in a Mediterranean area

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vioque, Jesús ^a,b   Navarrete Muñoz, Eva María ^a,b   Gimenez Monzó, Daniel ^a,b   García De La Hera, Manuela ^a,b   Granado, Fernando ^c   Young, Ian S ^d   Ramón, Rosa ^b,e   Ballester, Ferran ^b,f,g   Murcia, Mario ^b,f   Rebagliato, Marisa ^b,f   Iñiguez, Carmen ^b,f  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e Direccion General de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^f Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica CSISP   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet; Food frequency questionnaire; Nutrient intake; Pregnancy; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84873977609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-26     Document Type: Article

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