The Women's Health Trial Feasibility Study in Minority Populations: Changes in dietary intakes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1104-1112

  Coates, Ralph J ^a,h   Bowen, Deborah J ^b   Kristal, Alan R ^b   Feng, Ziding ^b   Oberman, Albert ^c   Hall, W Dallas ^d   George, Valerie ^e   Lewis, Cora E ^c   Kestin, Mark ^b   Davis, Marsha ^a   Evans, Marguerite ^f   Grizzle, James E ^b   Clifford, Carolyn K ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Clinical trials; Diet; Dietary fats; Health education; Hispanic Americans; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FAT; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0033564040     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009764     Document Type: Article

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