Meat consumption and mortality - results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rohrmann, Sabine ^a,b   Overvad, Kim ^c   Bueno de Mesquita, H B ^d,e   Jakobsen, Marianne U ^c   Egeberg, Rikke ^f   Tjønneland, Anne ^f   Nailler, Laura ^g,h   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^g,h   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^g,h   Krogh, Vittorio ⁱ   Palli, Domenico ^j   Panico, Salvatore ^k   Tumino, Rosario ^l   Ricceri, Fulvio ^m   Bergmann, Manuela M ⁿ   Boeing, Heiner ⁿ   Li, Kuanrong ^b   Kaaks, Rudolf ^b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^o   Wareham, Nicholas J ^p   Crowe, Francesca L ^q   Key, Timothy J ^q   Naska, Androniki ^r   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^r,s   Trichopoulos, Dimitirios ^s,t,u   Leenders, Max ^e   Peeters, Petra H M ^e,v   Engeset, Dagrun ^w   Parr, Christine L ^x   Skeie, Guri ^w   Jakszyn, Paula ^y   Sánchez, María José ^z,aa   Huerta, José M ^z,ab   Redondo, M L ^ac   Barricarte, Aurelio ^aa,ad   Amiano, Pilar ^aa,ae   Drake, Isabel ^af   Sonestedt, Emily ^af   Hallmans, Göran ^ag   Johansson, Ingegerd ^ag   Fedirko, Veronika ^ah   Romieux, Isabelle ^ah   Ferrari, Pietro ^ah   Norat, Teresa ^v   Vergnaud, Anne C ^v   Riboli, Elio ^v   Linseisen, and J ^b,ai   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^g INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^l CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

ⁿ GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^p MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^s HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^t HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^u BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^v IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^y CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^z ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^aa CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^ab DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^ac PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTORATE   (Spain)

^ad INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^ae BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^af LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ag UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ah INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^ai INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

cancer; cardiovascular; cohort; diet; Europe; meat; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENMARK; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POULTRY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RED MEAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874590719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-63     Document Type: Article

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