A new tool for converting food frequency questionnaire data into nutrient and food group values: FETA research methods and availability

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Mulligan, Angela A ^a   Luben, Robert N ^a   Bhaniani, Amit ^a   Parry Smith, David J ^a   O'Connor, Laura ^b   Khawaja, Anthony P ^a   Forouhi, Nita G ^b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRYING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NUT; NUTRIENT; PLANT SEED; POTATO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEGETABLE; DATA BASE; DIET; EUROPE; FOOD; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84897558515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004503     Document Type: Article

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