Dietary habits in the German EPIC cohorts: Food group intake estimated with the food frequency questionnaire

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 246-257

  Brandstetter, Birgit R ^a   Korfmann, Andrea ^a   Kroke, Anja ^b   Backer, Nikolaus ^a   Schulze, Matthias B ^b   Boeing, Heiner ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Food frequency questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOKING; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; COHORT STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032794431     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012791     Document Type: Article

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