articlePublic Health NutritionDec 1, 2002BRONZE OA

European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection

ERElio RíboliKJKelly J. HuntNSNadia SlimaniPFPietro FerrariTNT. Norat

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The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) is an ongoing multi-centre prospective cohort study designed to investigate the relationship between nutrition and cancer, with the potential for studying other diseases as well. The study currently includes 519 978 participants (366 521 women and 153 457 men, mostly aged 35-70 years) in 23 centres located in 10 European countries, to be followed for cancer incidence and cause-specific mortality for several decades. At enrollment, which took place between 1992 and 2000 at each of the different centres, information was collected through a non-dietary questionnaire on lifestyle variables and through a dietary questionnaire addressing usual…

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  • European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
  • Prospective cohort study
  • Medicine
  • Anthropometry
  • Cancer
  • Diet and cancer
  • Cohort
  • Demography
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