The EPIC Project: Rationale and study design

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Riboli, Elio ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diet; Hormones; Nutrition; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ERYTHROCYTE; EUROPE; FAT INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SERUM; SEXUAL MATURATION; TOBACCO; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030937897     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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