Adjustment for total energy intake in epidemiologic studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Willett, Walter C ^a   Howe, Geoffrey R ^b   Kushi, Lawrence H ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

confounding; disease risk; Energy; energy adjustment; epidemiology; methods; nutrient; nutritional

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSICAL STRESS;

EID: 0030945014     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.4.1220S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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