Reproducibility of systematic literature reviews on food, nutrition, physical activity and endometrial cancer

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1006-1014

  Thompson, R L ^a,k   Bandera, E V ^b   Burley, V J ^c   Cade, J E ^c   Forman, D ^c   Freudenheim, J L ^d   Greenwood, D ^c   Jacobs Jr , D R ^e   Kalliecharan, R V ^c   Kushi, L H ^f   McCullough, M L ^g   Miles, L M ^h   Moore, D F ^b,i   Moreton, J A ^c   Rastogi, T ^j   Wiseman, M J ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^g AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^h WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Diet; Endometrial carcinoma; Epidemiological studies; Reproducibility; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EVALUATION; FOOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VALIDITY;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51049107720     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001334     Document Type: Article

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