Commentary: Physical fitness: Confounder or intermediary variable in the association of diet with health outcomes?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 211-213

  Pischon, Tobias ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 77952295987     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp347     Document Type: Note

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