Citing Nutrition Assessment Shared Resource (NASR) and Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR)

Papers published using NASR tools should reference FHCRC and the Nutrition Coordinating Center (NCC) of the University of Minnesota.
Important: NASR at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center would appreciate an email notice of any publications that reflect use of the NASR tools and/or databases. Thank you.

Multiple-day food records and 24-hour dietary recalls

"Nutrient data was collected by the staff of the Nutrition Assessment Shared Resource (NASR) of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, using collection tools developed by NASR."

Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ)

"Nutrient data was collected using a food frequency questionnaire developed by the Nutrition Assessment Shared Resource (NASR) of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC)."

Multiple-day food records, 24-hour dietary recalls and all FFQs and questionnaires

"Nutrient calculations were performed using the Nutrient Data System for Research (NDSR) software version (please contact FHCRC for the version used for your study), developed by the Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Food and Nutrient Database (again, please contact FHCRC for the database and its' release date)."

Nutrient database

The following journal articles may be used to refer to the nutrient database that NDSR accesses:

Schakel SF. Maintaining a nutrient database in a changing marketplace: Keeping pace with changing food products - A research perspective. J Food Comp and Anal. 2001; 14:315-322.

Schakel, SF. Procedures for estimating nutrient values for food composition databases. J Food Comp and Anal. 1997; 10: 102-114.

Shakel SF, Sievert YA, Buzzard IM. Sources of data for developing and maintaining a nutrient database. J Am Diet Assoc. 1988; 88: 1268-1271.

Glycemic Index

If your study publishes using Glycemic Index data provided by FHCRC FFQs, please cite reference:

Neuhouser ML, Tinker LF, Thomson J, Caan B, VanHorn L, Snetselaar L, Parker LM, Patterson RE, Robinson-O'Brien R, Beresford SA, Shikany JM. Development of a glycemic index database for food frequency questionnaires used in epidemiologic studies. J. Nutrition. 2006; 136: 1605-1609.