Reproducibility and relative validity of a brief quantitative food frequency questionnaire for assessing fruit and vegetable intakes in North-African women

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL2, 2014, Pages 152-159

  Landais, E ^a   Gartner, A ^a   Bour, A ^b   Mccullough, F ^c   Delpeuch, F ^a   Holdsworth, M ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Division of Nutritional Sciences North Laboratory Building   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Fruit and vegetables; Morocco; Relative validity; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET RECORDS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897041680     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12131     Document Type: Article

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