Pilot phase studies on the accuracy of dietary intake measurements in the EPIC project: Overall evaluation of results

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Kaaks, Rudolf ^a   Slimani, Nadia ^a   Riboli, Elio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

24 hour diet recall; Calibration; Dietary questionnaires; EPIC; Prospective studies; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; RETINOL;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FISH; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030888570     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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