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Elizabeth A. Spencer

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine
Verified email at mssm.edu
Cited by 509

Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in adults and children

T Jefferson, MA Jones, P Doshi… - Cochrane database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Neuraminidase inhibitors (NIs) are stockpiled and recommended by public
health agencies for treating and preventing seasonal and pandemic influenza. They are …

Diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer

TJ Key, A Schatzkin, WC Willett, NE Allen… - Public health …, 2004 - cambridge.org
Objective: To assess the epidemiological evidence on diet and cancer and make public
health recommendations. Design: Review of published studies, concentrating on recent …

The effect of diet on risk of cancer

TJ Key, NE Allen, EA Spencer, RC Travis - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Diet-related factors are thought to account for about 30% of cancers in developed countries.
Obesity increases the risk of cancers in the oesophagus, colorectum, breast, endometrium …

Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

A Trichopoulou, P Orfanos, T Norat… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Objective To examine whether adherence to the modified Mediterranean diet, in which
unsaturates were substituted for monounsaturates, is associated with longer life expectancy …

Validity of self-reported height and weight in 4808 EPIC–Oxford participants

EA Spencer, PN Appleby, GK Davey, TJ Key - Public health nutrition, 2002 - cambridge.org
Objective: To assess the validity of self-reported height and weight by comparison with
measured height and weight in a sample of middle-aged men and women, and to determine …

EPIC–Oxford: lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes in a cohort of 33 883 meat-eaters and 31 546 non meat-eaters in the UK

GK Davey, EA Spencer, PN Appleby, NE Allen… - Public health …, 2003 - cambridge.org
Objective: To describe the lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes of the Oxford cohort of
the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Design: Cohort of …

Oseltamivir for influenza in adults and children: systematic review of clinical study reports and summary of regulatory comments

T Jefferson, M Jones, P Doshi, EA Spencer, I Onakpoya… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To describe the potential benefits and harms of oseltamivir by reviewing all clinical
study reports (or similar document when no clinical study report exists) of randomised …

Dietary fiber and colorectal cancer risk: a nested case–control study using food diaries

CC Dahm, RH Keogh, EA Spencer… - Journal of the …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Results of epidemiological studies of dietary fiber and colorectal cancer risk
have not been consistent, possibly because of attenuation of associations due to …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality in British vegetarians: results from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC-Oxford)

TJ Key, PN Appleby, EA Spencer, RC Travis… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Background Few prospective studies have examined the mortality of vegetarians. Objective
We present results on mortality among vegetarians and nonvegetarians in the European …

Development and evaluation of the Oxford WebQ, a low-cost, web-based method for assessment of previous 24 h dietary intakes in large-scale prospective studies

B Liu, H Young, FL Crowe, VS Benson… - Public health …, 2011 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesTo describe the development of the Oxford WebQ, a web-based 24 h dietary
assessment tool developed for repeated administration in large prospective studies; and to …