Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 14, Issue 10 , Pages 754-762 , November 2004

Calibration of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire in early pregnancy

Received 24 January 2003 ,Accepted 29 January 2004.

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 This study was funded by a grant from NIH (HL34568) and Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, Boston, MA. Dr. Gillman was a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar at the time this work was performed.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.03.001

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 14, Issue 10 , Pages 754-762 , November 2004

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