Validity and reproducibility of alcohol consumption in Italy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 775-782

  Ferraroni, Monica ^a   Decarli, Adriano ^a,b   Franceschi, Silvia ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,d   Enard, Lucile ^d   Negri, Eva ^d   Parpinel, Maria ^c   Salvini, Simonetta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Dietary records; Food frequency questionnaire; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINE;

EID: 0029760201     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.4.775     Document Type: Article

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