Use of medicines by older people in a large British national survey, and their relation to vitamin status indices

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-22

  Bates, Christopher J ^a   Walmsley, Catherine M ^a   Prentice, Ann ^a   Finch, Steven ^b  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Social and Comm Planning Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation coefficient Plasma retinol; British; Elderly; Erythrocyte; Glutathiene reductase; Medicines; Red celt folate; Vitamin status

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; RETINOL; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0032922329     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980099000026     Document Type: Article

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