Nutrition Research
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 600-608 , September 2008

Some intrusions in dietary reports by fourth-grade children are based on specific memories: data from a validation study of the effect of interview modality

  • Albert F. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 687 3723; fax: +1 216 687 9294.
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  • Suzanne Domel Baxter

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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  • James W. Hardin

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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  • Julie A. Royer

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    • ,
  • Caroline H. Guinn

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA

Received 16 January 2008 ,Revised 12 April 2008 ,Accepted 14 April 2008.

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☆ This study received funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, R01 HL63189 and R01 HL73081. Data collection was supported by grant R01 HL63189, and analyses for this article were supported by grant R01 HL73081; both grants were from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. SD Baxter was Principal Investigator of both grants. AF Smith was Principal Investigator of a subcontract of R01 HL73081.

PII: S0271-5317(08)00095-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.04.003

Nutrition Research
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 600-608 , September 2008

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