Folate status, vascular disease and cognition in elderly Canadians

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-491

  Ebly, Erika M ^a   Schaefer, Jeffrey P ^a   Campbell, Norman R C ^a   Hogan, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Elderly people; Serum folate; Stroke

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031671672     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.4.485     Document Type: Article

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