Fruit and vegetable consumption and self-reported functional health in men and women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk): A population-based cross-sectional study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,b   Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Bingham, Sheila A ^c   Surtees, Paul G ^a   Wainwright, Nicholas W J ^a   Luben, Robert N ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^d   Smith, Richard D ^b   Harvey, Ian M ^b   Day, Nicholas E ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetable consumption; Self reported functional health; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; VEGETABLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33847772224     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007222608     Document Type: Article

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