Adherence to the WHO's Healthy Diet Indicator and Overall Cancer Risk in the EPIC-NL Cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Berentzen, Nina E ^a,b   Beulens, Joline W ^a   Hoevenaar Blom, Marieke P ^b,c   Kampman, Ellen ^c   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^a,b   Romaguera Bosch, Dora ^d   Peeters, Petra H M ^a,d   May, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; DIET; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION POLICY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881356243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070535     Document Type: Article

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