Quantitative food intake in the EPIC-Germany cohorts

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-245

  Schulze, Matthias B ^a   Brandstetter, Birgit R ^b   Kroke, Anja ^a   Wahrendorf, Jürgen ^b   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

EPIC SOFT; Food intake; Recall, 24 hour

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BREAD; CALIBRATION; CANCER; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; EUROPE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DISEASE; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032761895     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012790     Document Type: Article

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