Urine pH is an indicator of dietary acid-base load, fruit and vegetables and meat intakes: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Norfolk population study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1335-1343

  Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Mulligan, Angela ^a   Bingham, Sheila A ^b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; EPIC Norfolk; European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; Potential renal acid load; Urine pH

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; KETONE; PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EATING HABIT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING HABIT; URINALYSIS; URINE PH; VEGETABLE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; URINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URINE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 45549085911     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507862350     Document Type: Article

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