Commentary: Vitamin supplement use and confounding by lifestyle

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 553-555

  Hoggatt, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

LIFESTYLE; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VITAMINS;

EID: 0041884751     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg222     Document Type: Article

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