Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 302-309 , March 2011

Validation of a food-frequency questionnaire for Flemish and Italian-native subjects in Belgium: The IMMIDIET study

  • Martien C.J.M. van Dongen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-43-388-2364; fax +31-43-388-4128.
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  • Marleen A.H. Lentjes, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Nicole E.G. Wijckmans, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Carla Dirckx, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Dirk Lemaître, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Ward Achten, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Marleen Celis, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Sabina Sieri, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute–Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Jef Arnout, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Frank Buntinx, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Alfonso Siani, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Institute of Food Sciences CNR, Avellino, Italy
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  • Francesco P. Cappuccio, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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  • Michel de Lorgeril, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Nutrition, Vieillissement et Maladies Cardiovasculaires, UFR de Médécine et Pharmacie, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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  • Licia Iacoviello, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy
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  • Pieter C. Dagnelie, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • European Collaborative Group of the IMMIDIET Project

Received 6 February 2010 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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 The Dietary Habit Profile in European Communities With Different Risk of Myocardial Infarction: the Impact of Migration as a Model of Gene/Environment Interaction (IMMIDIET Project) was funded by the European Union 5th Framework Programme, Subprogramme 1.1.1.-1, Food, Nutrition and Health grant QLRT-2000-00100.

PII: S0899-9007(10)00065-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.02.006

Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 302-309 , March 2011

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