Development and calibration of a dietary nitrate and nitrite database in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1934-1943

  Inoue Choi, Maki ^a,b   Virk Baker, Mandeep K ^a   Aschebrook Kilfoy, Briseis ^a,c   Cross, Amanda J ^d   Subar, Amy F ^a   Thompson, Frances E ^a   Sinha, Rashmi ^a   Ward, Mary H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary database; FFQ; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

AGED; CALIBRATION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIBRATION; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRITES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948975803     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015003407     Document Type: Article

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