An assessment, and reproducibility of food frequency data provided by hospital controls

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 288-293

  D'Avanzo, B ^a   La Vecchia, C ^a,b   Katsouyanni, K ^d   Negri, E ^a   Trichopoulos, D ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Controls; Dietary habits; Hospital; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ITALY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030870862     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199706000-00005     Document Type: Review

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