Food Frequency Methods

Nutritional Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Willett, Walter ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Epidemiologic studies; Food frequency questionnaires; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921818633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199754038.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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