Cited by 4,541Nutritional Studies and DietStatistical Methods in EpidemiologyNutrition and Health Studies

Nutritional Epidemiology

Willett, Walter C.·1998·Oxford University Press eBooks

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This book is intended to increase understanding of the complex relationships between diet and the major diseases of western civilization, such as cancer and atherosclerosis. The book starts with an overview of research strategies in nutritional epidemiology—a relatively new discipline which combines the knowledge compiled by nutritionists during this century with the methodology developed by epidemiologists to study the determinants of disease with multiple etiologies and long latent periods. A major part of the book is devoted to methods of dietary assessment using data on food intake, biochemical indicators of diet, and measures of body size and composition. The reproducibility and validity of each approach and the implications of measurement error are considered in detail. The analysis, presentation, and interpretation of data from epidemiologic studies of diet and disease are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the important influence of total energy intake on findings in such studies. As examples of methodologic issues in nutritional epidemiology, three substantive topics are examined in depth: the relations of diet and coronary heart disease, fat intake and breast cancer, and Vitamin A and lung cancer.

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Willett, W. C.
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Willett, Walter C.
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Oxford University Press eBooks
Published
1998-07-23
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4,541
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en
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
Keywords
nutritional epidemiology, diet and disease, cancer, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, dietary assessment, dietary intake, body composition, measurement error, total energy intake, dietary fat intake, breast cancer, vitamin A, lung cancer

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