B vitamins and cognitive function: Do we need more and larger trials?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 951-952

  Vollset, Stein Emil ^a   Ueland, Per Magne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; RESTENOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 20544442999     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.5.951     Document Type: Editorial

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