Vitamin E and respiratory infection in the elderly

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1031, Issue , 2004, Pages 214-222

  Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a,b   Han, Sung Nim ^a   Hamer, Davidson H ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Immune function; Infectious diseases; Vitamin E supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 2; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 14944351453     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1331.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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