Problems with epidemiological approach and conclusions-the response

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 1751-

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 84869185218     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302799     Document Type: Letter

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