Serum carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as potential biomarkers of dietary intake and their relation with incident type 2 diabetes: The EPIC-Norfolk study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 708-718

  Patel, Pinal S ^a   Cooper, Andrew J M ^a   O'Connell, Tamsin C ^a   Kuhnle, Gunter G C ^a,b   Kneale, Catherine K ^a   Mulligan, Angela M ^a   Luben, Robert N ^a   Brage, Soren ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Forouhi, Nita G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; FISH PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84905406172     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.068577     Document Type: Article

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