Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 8 , Pages 802-808 , August 2005

A rapid dietary assessment tool to determine intake of folate was developed and validated

  • Siobhan Hickling

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-8-6488-7369; fax: +61-8-6488-1188.
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  • Matthew Knuiman

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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  • Konrad Jamrozik

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Rd, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
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  • Joseph Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia

,Accepted 8 December 2004.

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PII: S0895-4356(05)00110-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.12.010

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 8 , Pages 802-808 , August 2005

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