- Common and country-specific dietary patterns in four European cohort studiesHelena F Balder
Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Zeist, The Netherlands
J Nutr 133:4246-51. 2003..Our findings suggest that some important eating patterns are shared by the four populations under study, whereas other eating patterns are population specific...
- Dietary patterns associated with male lung cancer risk in the Netherlands Cohort StudyHelena F Balder
Department of Food and Chemical Risk Analysis, TNO Nutrition and Food Research, P O Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:483-90. 2005..These results show how studying both single factors and dietary patterns gives more insight into the complex, and often seemingly inconsistent, associations between diet and cancer...
- Heme and chlorophyll intake and risk of colorectal cancer in the Netherlands cohort studyHelena F Balder
Department Food and Chemical Risk Analysis, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, The Netherlands
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:717-25. 2006..Heme is the pro-oxidant, iron-containing porphyrin pigment of meat and its content depends on the type of meat. Chlorophyll from green vegetables might modify this association...
- Dietary patterns associated with colon and rectal cancer: results from the Dietary Patterns and Cancer (DIETSCAN) ProjectL Beth Dixon
New York University, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York, NY, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1003-11. 2004..An analysis of dietary patterns or combinations of foods may provide insight regarding the influence of diet on the risk of colon and rectal cancer...
- Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk: results from three cohort studies in the DIETSCAN projectSatu Mannisto
Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN 00300 Helsinki, Finland
Cancer Causes Control 16:725-33. 2005..It is also important to examine whether the relationships between dietary patterns and breast cancer risk are consistent across populations...