The effect of age, sex, and education on food consumption of a middle- aged English cohort - EPIC in East Anglia

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-34

  Fraser, G E ^a   Welch, A ^b   Luben, R ^b   Bingham, S A ^b   Day, N E ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Demographic patterns; Diet; East Anglia; Foods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033970488     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0598     Document Type: Article

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