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Measuring intake in free-living human subjects: a question of bias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

Lauren Lissner*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Göteborg University, 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Barit L. Heitmann
Affiliation:
Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anna Karin Lindroos
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Göteborg University, 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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*Corresponding author: Lauren Lissner, fax +46 31 418527, email lauren.lissner@medfak.gu.se
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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