Use of antioxidant supplements and its association with cognitive function in a rural elderly cohort: The movies project

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-44

  Mendelsohn, Aaron B ^a   Belle, Steven H ^a   Stoehr, Gary P ^b   Ganguli, Mary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cognition; Minerals; Nutrition; Rural population; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032126730     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009556     Document Type: Article

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