Fruit and vegetable consumption and cognitive decline in aging women

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 713-720

  Kang, Jae H ^a,c   Ascherio, Alberto ^a,b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 18244409629     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20476     Document Type: Article

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