Citation

King AC. Am. J. Public Health 1994; 84(2): 294-296.

Affiliation

Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif. 94304-1583.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8296958

PMCID

PMC1615001

Abstract

Two questionnaire formats for assessing alcohol consumption in a community sample were compared. Subjects completed the Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire and a questionnaire specifically targeting alcohol use. Across all alcoholic beverages, subjects reported lower consumption on the alcohol questionnaire than on the food frequency questionnaire. The results suggest that food frequency questionnaires may provide a better means for enhancing self-report of alcohol use than questionnaires that target solely alcohol intake.

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