Sociodemographic characteristics and food habits of organic consumers - A study from the Danish National Birth Cohort

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1810-1819

  Petersen, Sesilje B ^a   Rasmussen, Morten A ^b   Strom, Marin ^a   Halldorsson, Thorhallur I ^a,c   Olsen, Sjurdur F ^a,d  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Maternal diet; Organic food

Indexed keywords

FAT INTAKE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTEIN INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC FOOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, ORGANIC; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883311308     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004119     Document Type: Article

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