Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 11-17 , August 2003

Energy adjustment methods applied to alcohol analyses

  • Ditte Johansen

      Affiliations

    • Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, DK-1399 Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Centre for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centre for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Tel.: +45-39-20-7777; fax: +45-39-27-3095.
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  • Per K Andersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Danish Epidemiologic Science Centre at the Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Kim Overvad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aalborg Hospital, DK-9200 Aalborg, Denmark
    • Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Gorm Jensen

      Affiliations

    • The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiologic Research Unit, DK-2400 Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Peter Schnohr

      Affiliations

    • The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiologic Research Unit, DK-2400 Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Thorkild I.A Sørensen

      Affiliations

    • Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, DK-1399 Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Morten Grønbæk

      Affiliations

    • Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, DK-1399 Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiologic Research Unit, DK-2400 Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Centre for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Received 23 December 2002 ,Revised 7 April 2003 ,Accepted 29 April 2003.

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PII: S0741-8329(03)00140-X

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.04.001

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