The Netherlands Cohort Study - Meat Investigation Cohort; A population-based cohort over-represented with vegetarians, pescetarians and low meat consumers

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gilsing, Anne Mj ^a   Weijenberg, Matty P ^a   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^b   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^c   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Schouten, Leo J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort; FFQ; Low meat diet; Self report; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FIBER; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEAFOOD; SELF REPORT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84888228680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-156     Document Type: Article

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