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Substitution analysis in nutritional epidemiology: proceed with caution

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  1. Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Mingyang Song

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Mingyang Song

  3. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Mingyang Song & Edward Giovannucci

  4. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward Giovannucci

  5. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward Giovannucci

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Song, M., Giovannucci, E. Substitution analysis in nutritional epidemiology: proceed with caution. Eur J Epidemiol 33, 137–140 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-018-0371-2

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