Higher dietary intake of lignans is associated with better cognitive performance in postmesopausal women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1190-1195

  Franco, Oscar H ^a,b   Burger, Huibert ^a   Lebrun, Corinne E I ^a,b   Peeters, Petra H M ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Global cognitive performance; Lignans; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE; LIGNAN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 18344388181     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.5.1190     Document Type: Article

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