Medicine use and supplementation practice among participants of SENECA study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-38

  Brzozowska, Anna ^a   Enzi, G ^a   Cruz, J A Amorim ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Europe; Food supplements; Medicines

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE; TRANQUILIZER; VITAMIN D;

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIGITALIS;

EID: 0036434905     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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