Relationships between immunity and dietary and serum antioxidants, trace metals, B vitamins, and homocysteine in elderly men and women

Nutrition Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 45-53

  Kemp, Francis W ^a   DeCandia, Joanne ^b   Li, Wenjie ^a   Bruening, Kay ^c   Baker, Herman ^a   Rigassio, Diane ^d   Bendich, Adrianne ^a   Bogden, John D ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Elderly; Homocysteine; Immunity; Interleukin 2 receptor; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; COPPER; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LYCOPENE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; TRACE METAL; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036173989     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(01)00373-6     Document Type: Article

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