The evaluation of the diet/disease relation in the EPIC study: Considerations for the calibration and the disease models

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 368-378

  Ferrari, Pietro ^a   Day, Nicholas E ^b   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^c   Roddam, Andrew ^d   Hoffmann, Kurt ^e   Thiébaut, Anne ^f   Pera, Guillem ^g   Overvad, Kim ^h   Lund, Eiliv ⁱ   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^j   Tumino, Rosario ^k   Gullberg, Bo ^l   Norat, Teresa ^m   Slimani, Nadia ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ⁿ   Riboli, Elio ^m  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^k CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Calibration; Diet; EPIC; Measurement error; Multicentre study

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CANCER; DIET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR CORRECTION; FOOD INTAKE; MODELING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FISH; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 41849142714     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym242     Document Type: Article

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