Can nutrient supplements improve functional outcome in the elderly? [2]

Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 978-980

  Chandra, Ranjit Kumar ^a  

^a DLF City Phase IV   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; VITAMIN B GROUP;

CELL DIVISION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0242580626     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(03)00026-1     Document Type: Letter

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