Relative validity of a short qualitative food frequency questionnaire for use in food consumption surveys

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 737-742

  De Keyzer, Willem ^a,b   Dekkers, Arnold ^c   Van Vlaslaer, Veerle ^d   Ottevaere, Charlene ^a   Van Oyen, Herman ^e   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,b   Huybrechts, Inge ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Plantijn Hogeschool   (Belgium)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884991415     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks096     Document Type: Article

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