Food frequency questionnaire is a valid tool for the assessment of dietary habits of South Indian pregnant women

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 494-506

  Dwarkanath, Pratibha ^a,b   Soares, Mario J ^a,b   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Vaz, Mario ^a   Swaminathan, Sumathi ^a   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

24 hour diet recall; food frequency questionnaire; micronutrient status; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

24-HOUR DIET RECALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDIA; MICRONUTRIENT STATUS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

24-HOUR DIET RECALL; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; MICRONUTRIENT STATUS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84906688862     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512459945     Document Type: Article

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