Cohort profile: The EPIC-NL study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1170-1178

  Beulens, Joline W J ^a,b   Monninkhof, Evelyn M ^a   Monique Verschuren, W M ^b   van der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a   Smit, Jet ^b   Ocke, Marga C ^c   Jansen, Eugene H J M ^d   van Dieren, Susan ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Peeters, Petra H M ^a   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Prevention and Health Services Research   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Nutrition and Health   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LIFESTYLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78149256610     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp217     Document Type: Article

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