Dietary habits in Greece: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (the EPIC project)

Archives of Hellenic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-269

  Naska, A ^a   Orfanos, P ^a   Chloptsios, Y ^a   Trichopoulou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; EPIC; Food; Lipids; Proteins

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CEREAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSE RATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 19944402938     PISSN: 11053992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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