Effect of micronutrient supplementation on infection in institutionalized elderly subjects: A controlled trial

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-107

  Girodon, François ^a,b   Lombard, Marie ^b   Galan, Pilar ^a   Brunet Lecomte, Patrick ^c   Monget, Anne Laure ^a   Arnaud, Josiane ^d   Preziosi, Paul ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a  

^a Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l Alimentation   (France)

^b Hôpital Gériatrique de Champmaillot   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

beta; Carotene; Elderly people; Infection; Selenium; Vitamin C; Vitamin E; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FRANCE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LEUKOCYTE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030795650     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177984     Document Type: Article

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