The aim of this project is to validate the nutrient composition data presented in the book &&Food Composition Database for Epidemiological Studies in Italy'' and to con"rm the working methodology, based on the &&combination method'' described by Green"eld and Southgate (1991). This database was comp
The Food Composition Database for an Italian Food Frequency Questionnaire
β Scribed by Simonetta Salvini; Patrizia Gnagnarella; Maria Teresa Parpinel; Peter Boyle; Adriano Decarli; Monica Ferraroni; Attilio Giacosa; Carlo La Vecchia; Eva Negri; Silvia Franceschi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-1575
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