Nutritional status of vitamin A and E in institutionalized elderly people in Granada (Spain)

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 397-405

  Gámez, Carmen ^a   Artacho, Reyes ^a   Ruiz López, M Dolores ^a   Puerta, Antonio ^b   López, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Policlínica Granada   (Spain)

Author keywords

institutionalized elderly people; nutritional status; serum retinol; serum tocopherol; vitamin A intake; vitamin E intake

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0029845591     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.42.397     Document Type: Article

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