Interpreting epidemiologic studies of diet-disease relationships

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1847-1852

  Tarasuk, Valerie S ^a   Brooker, Ann Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease; Epidemiology; Humans

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT; RESEARCH; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030884056     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.9.1847     Document Type: Article

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