Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and cardiovascular risk factors in a multicultural workforce.

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  • R K Scragg
  • A Fraser
  • P A Metcalf
چکیده

women without oestrogen replacement therapy should have a daily calcium intake of 1500 mg/d. Only a small fraction of the postmenopausal women in our sample had a daily calcium intake at this level. However, the FFQ used in this study has been validated, and a tendency has been found towards underestimation of both calcium and energy intake with this FFQ compared with the four, one week dietary records that were used as a reference method in a validation study among 129 women (unpublished data). On average, calcium intake

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of epidemiology and community health

دوره 50 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996