Relative validity and reproducibility of a quantitative FFQ for assessing nutrient intakes of vegetarians in Taiwan

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1459-1466

  Chiu, Tina Ht ^a   Huang, Hui Ya ^b   Chen, Kuan Ju ^c   Wu, Yu Ru ^b   Chiu, Jason Pc ^d   Li, Yi Hwei ^e   Chiu, Brian C H ^f   Lin, Chin Lon ^a   Lin, Ming Nan ^b,e  

^a Institute of Radiation Sciences   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; FFQ; FFQ validation; Reliability; Tzu Chi Health Study

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84901844024     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001560     Document Type: Article

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