The vitamin status and its adequacy in the elderly: An international overview

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 160-168

  Haller, Jürg ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotenes; Elderly retinol; Epidemiology; Folic acid; Pyridoxine; Riboflavin; Vitamin B12; Vitamin D; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033136754     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.69.3.160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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