Brain Aging and Midlife Tofu Consumption

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 242-255

  White, Lon R ^a,b,c,d   Petrovitch, Helen ^b,c   Ross, G Webster ^c,d   Masaki, Kamal ^c,e   Hardman, John ^c   Nelson, James ^f   Davis, Daron ^g   Markesbery, William ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b Pacific Health Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Cognition; Nutrition; Soy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOYBEAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOYBEANS; SPOUSES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0034069603     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2000.10718923     Document Type: Article

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