American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 43-51 , January 2003

Dietary supplement use and medical conditions: The VITAL study

  • Jessie Satia-Abouta, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition (Satia-Abouta), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention and Control Program (Satia-Abouta), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Jessie Satia-Abouta, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Nutrition, 4106 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB-7461, Chapel Hill NC 27599, USA.
    • ,
  • Alan R Kristal, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research Program (Kristal, Patterson, Littman, Stratton, White), Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine (White), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    • ,
  • Ruth E Patterson, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research Program (Kristal, Patterson, Littman, Stratton, White), Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine (White), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    • ,
  • Alyson J Littman, PhC

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research Program (Kristal, Patterson, Littman, Stratton, White), Seattle, Washington, USA
    • ,
  • Kayla L Stratton, MS

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research Program (Kristal, Patterson, Littman, Stratton, White), Seattle, Washington, USA
    • ,
  • Emily White, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research Program (Kristal, Patterson, Littman, Stratton, White), Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine (White), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00571-8

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 43-51 , January 2003

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