Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 40-52 , January 2010

Concordance with dietary and lifestyle population goals for cancer prevention in Dutch, Scottish, Mexican, and Guatemalan population samples

  • Marieke Vossenaar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Guatemala
    • University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel/fax: +502-2473-3942.
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  • Noel W. Solomons, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Guatemala
    • ,
  • Roxana Valdés-Ramos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instìtuto de Perinatología, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Current address: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico.
    • ,
  • Annie S. Anderson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

Received 14 December 2008 ,Accepted 12 April 2009.

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 This study was supported by the World Cancer Research Fund, the American Institute for Cancer Research, the International Nutrition Foundation, Akzo Nobel and the Hildegard Grunow Foundation.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00179-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.04.007

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 40-52 , January 2010

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