Vitamin C, Mood and Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-256

  Smith, A P ^a   Clark, R E ^a   Nutt, D J ^a   Haller, J ^b   Hayward, S G ^a   Perry, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant vitamins; Cognition; Elderly; Mood; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000637152     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.1999.11747281     Document Type: Article

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