Consistency of vitamin and/or mineral supplement use and demographic, lifestyle and health-status predictors: Findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Heidelberg cohort

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1058-1064

  Li, Kuanrong ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ^a   Linseisen, Jakob ^a,b   Rohrmann, Sabine ^c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; EPIC; Minerals; Supplements; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 77957893465     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510001728     Document Type: Article

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