Design and serendipity in establishing a large cohort with wide dietary intake distributions: The National Institutes of Health-American Association of retired persons diet and health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1119-1125

  Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Subar, Amy F ^a   Thompson, Frances E ^a   Harlan, Linda C ^a   Tangrea, Joseph ^a   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^b   Hurwitz, Paul E ^c   Coyle, Linda ^d   Schussler, Nicki ^d   Michaud, Dominique S ^a   Freedman, Laurence S ^a   Brown, Charles C ^a   Midthune, Douglas ^a   Kipnis, Victor ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AARP   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Dietary fats; Dietary fiber; Fruit; Meat; Neoplasms; Questionnaires; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PANCREAS CANCER; PENSIONER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0035893073     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.12.1119     Document Type: Article

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