Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 392-399 , April 2002

Estimating energy expenditure from the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity and Tecumseh Occupational Activity questionnaires – a doubly labeled water validation

  • Joan M Conway

      Affiliations

    • USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Diet and Human Performance Laboratory, Beltsville, MD USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. USDA, ARS, BHNRC, Diet and Human Performance Lab Bldg. 308, Room 122, Beltsville, MD 20705. Tel: 301-504-8977; fax: 301-504-6842.(J.M. Conway)
    • ,
  • Melinda L Irwin

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Barbara E Ainsworth

      Affiliations

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

Received 2 January 2001 ,Revised 5 September 2001 ,Accepted 5 September 2001.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 392-399 , April 2002

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