Comparison of standardised dietary folate intake across ten countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 552-569

  Park, Jin Young ^a   Nicolas, Genevieve ^a   Freisling, Heinz ^a   Biessy, Carine ^a   Scalbert, Augustin ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^a   Chajès, Véronique ^a   Chuang, Shu Chun ^b   Ericson, Ulrika ^c   Wallström, Peter ^c   Ros, Martine M ^d,e   Peeters, Petra H M ^f   Mattiello, Amalia ^g   Palli, Domenico ^h   María Huerta, José ^i,j   Amiano, Pilar ^j,k   Halkjær, Jytte ^l   Dahm, Christina C ^m,n   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^o,p   Orfanos, Philippos ^o   Teucher, Birgit ^q   Feller, Silke ^r   Skeie, Guri ^s   Engeset, Dagrun ^s   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^t   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^t   Crowe, Francesca ^u   Khaw, Kay Tee ^v   Vineis, Paolo ^b   Slimani, Nadia ^a   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

ⁱ Murcia Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

^j CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^k BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^l INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^m AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁿ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^p HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^q GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^r GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^t INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^u UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

24h Dietary recall; Dietary folate intake; EPIC Soft ; Europe; European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STANDARD; STUDY DESIGN; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEASONS;

EID: 84865258583     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511005733     Document Type: Article

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