The state of nutritional epidemiology: Why we are still unsure of what we should eat?

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 483-486

  Kamangar, Farin ^a,b   Karimi, Parisa ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding; Epidemiology; Measurement error; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POTATO; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RICE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOYBEAN;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883247603     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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