EPIC-Oxford: Lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes in a cohort of 33 883 meat-eaters and 31 546 non meat-eaters in the UK

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-268

  Davey, Gwyneth K ^a,b   Spencer, Elizabeth A ^a   Appleby, Paul N ^a   Allen, Naomi E ^a   Knox, Katherine H ^a   Key, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Prospective study; Vegan; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0037709922     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002430     Document Type: Article

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