Plasma retinol and α-tocopherol status of the Taiwanese elderly population

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-262

  Cheng, Wei Yi ^a   Fu, Ming Ling ^a,c   Wen, Li Jou ^a   Chen, Cheng ^b   Pan, Wen Harn ^a,b   Huang, Ching Jang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biochemical status; Elderly; Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999 2000); Nutrition survey; Plasma tocopherol; Plasma retinol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

AGED; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TAIWAN; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 25444437258     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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