Health and dietary characteristics of supplement users in an elderly population

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-191

  Houston, Denise K ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a,b   Daniel, Tena D ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEINE; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GEORGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 0030942591     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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