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The work of GS was supported by EXTRA funds from the Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation and the Norwegian Cancer Society.

This study was carried out with the financial support of the European Commission: Public Health and Consumer Protection Directorate 1993–2004; Research Directorate-General 2005; Ligue contre le Cancer (France); Société 3M (France); Mutuelle Générale de l’Education Nationale; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM); Institut Gustave Roussy; German Cancer Aid; German Cancer Research Center; German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Danish Cancer Society; Health Research Fund (FIS) of the Spanish Ministry of Health; Spanish Regional Governments of Andalucía, Asturias, Basque Country, Murcia and Navarra, and the Catalan Institute of Oncology; and ISCIII RETIC (RD06/0020), Spain; Cancer Research UK; Medical Research Council, UK; the Stroke Association, UK; British Heart Foundation; Department of Health, UK; Food Standards Agency, UK; the Wellcome Trust, UK; Greek Ministry of Health; Hellenic Health Foundation; Italian Association for Research on Cancer; Italian National Research Council, Regione Sicilia (Sicilian government); Associazione Iblea per la Ricerca Epidemiologica—ONLUS (Hyblean Association for Epidemiological Research, NPO); Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport; Dutch Prevention Funds; LK Research Funds; Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland); World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF); Swedish Cancer Society; Swedish Research Council; Regional Government of Skane and the County Council of Vasterbotten, Sweden; Norwegian Cancer Society; the Norwegian Research Council; and the Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation. We thank Connie Stripp for her efforts in classifying the Danish supplements, Sarah Somerville, Nicole Suty and Karima Abdedayem for assistance with editing and Kimberley Bouckaert and Heinz Freisling for technical assistance.

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1. K Nimptsch
   Present address: 27Current address: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition, Boston, USA,
2. J Linseisen
   Present address: 28Current address: Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany,
3. P Ferrari
   Present address: 29Current address: Data Collection and Exposure Unit (DATEX), European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy,
4. A A Welch
   Present address: 30Current address: School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK,
5. S Bingham: The author is deceased.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
   G Skeie, T Braaten, D Engeset & E Lund
2. Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
   A Hjartåker
3. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
   M Lentjes, A A Welch & S Bingham
4. Public Health Department of Guipuzkoa, Basque Government, San Sebastian and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
   P Amiano
5. Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
   P Jakszyn
6. Department of Preventive & Predictive Medicine, Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
   V Pala & A Palanca
7. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
   E M Niekerk & H Verhagen
8. Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
   K Avloniti, T Psaltopoulou & A Trichopoulou
9. INSERM, ERI 20, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
   M Niravong, M Touvier, M-C Boutron-Ruault & F Clavel-Chapelon
10. AFSSA (French Food Safety Agency), DERNS/PASER, Maisons-Alfort, France
    M Touvier
11. Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
    K Nimptsch & J Linseisen
12. Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
    J Haubrock & A Schienkiewitz
13. Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    L Walker & E A Spencer
14. Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
    N Roswall, A Olsen & A Tjønneland
15. Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malm, ö, Sweden
    P Wallström
16. Department of Nutritional Research, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    S Nilsson & V Hellström
17. Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
    C Casagrande, G Deharveng, P Ferrari & N Slimani
18. Department of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    A M Joensen
19. Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
    C Martinez
20. Public Health and Participation Directorate, Health and Health Care Services Council, Asturias, Spain
    L Rodríguez
21. Cancer Registry, Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Civile - M.P. Arezzo’, Ragusa, Italy
    G Frasca
22. Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Turin, Italy
    C Sacerdote
23. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    P H M Peeters
24. Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
    J Manjer
25. Department of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College, London, UK
    E Riboli
26. Diet and Cancer Group, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge, UK
    S Bingham

Authors

1. G Skeie
2. T Braaten
3. A Hjartåker
4. M Lentjes
5. P Amiano
6. P Jakszyn
7. V Pala
8. A Palanca
9. E M Niekerk
10. H Verhagen
11. K Avloniti
12. T Psaltopoulou
13. M Niravong
14. M Touvier
15. K Nimptsch
16. J Haubrock
17. L Walker
18. E A Spencer
19. N Roswall
20. A Olsen
21. P Wallström
22. S Nilsson
23. C Casagrande
24. G Deharveng
25. V Hellström
26. M-C Boutron-Ruault
27. A Tjønneland
28. A M Joensen
29. F Clavel-Chapelon
30. A Trichopoulou
31. C Martinez
32. L Rodríguez
33. G Frasca
34. C Sacerdote
35. P H M Peeters
36. J Linseisen
37. A Schienkiewitz
38. A A Welch
39. J Manjer
40. P Ferrari
41. E Riboli
42. S Bingham
43. D Engeset
44. E Lund
45. N Slimani

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Guarantor: G Skeie_Contributors_: GS performed statistical analyses and wrote the article. NS was the overall coordinator of this project and of the EPIC nutritional databases (ENDB) project. GS, ML, PA, PJ, VP, AP, EMN, KA, TP, MN, MT, KN, JH, LW, ES, AO, SN, VH, GD, CC, DE contributed to the reclassification of data from their respective countries, and gave input on statistical analyses, interpretation of results and drafting of the article. TB, AH, HV, PW, MCBR, PF, EL, NS gave input on the statistical analyses, interpretation of results and drafting of the manuscript. The other co-authors were local EPIC collaborators involved in the design of the study and data collection. ER is the overall coordinator of the EPIC study. All co-authors provided comments and suggestions on the article and approved the final version.

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Skeie, G., Braaten, T., Hjartåker, A. et al. Use of dietary supplements in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition calibration study.Eur J Clin Nutr 63 (Suppl 4), S226–S238 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.83

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