Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 314-324 , July 1999

Validity and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Interview in a Multi-Cultural Epidemiologic Study

  • Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
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  • Mara Z Vitolins, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC USA
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  • Suzan L Carmichael, PhD

      Affiliations

    • California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, Emeryville, CA USA
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  • Sandra Hemphill, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC USA
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  • Georgia Tsaroucha, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA
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  • Julia Rushing, MStat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC USA
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  • Sarah Levin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA

Received 20 April 1998 ,Revised 21 December 1998 ,Accepted 22 December 1998.

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Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 314-324 , July 1999

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