Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire focused on the Mediterranean diet for the Quebec population

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-161

  Cantin, J ^a,b   Latour, E ^a   Ferland Verry, R ^a   Morales Salgado, S ^c   Lambert, J ^b   Faraj, M ^b,d   Nigam, A ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary record; Food frequency questionnaire; Mediterranean diet; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; TIME FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUEBEC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959171526     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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