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Development of a Saudi Food Frequency Questionnaire and testing its reliability and validity

Ibrahim M. Gosadi, Abdullah A. Alatar, Mojahed M. Otayf, Dhaherah M. AlJahani, Hisham M. Ghabbani, Waleed A. AlRajban, Abdullah M. Alrsheed and Khalid A. Al-Nasser
Saudi Medical Journal June 2017, 38 (6) 636-641; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.20055

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