Positive and negative mood in the elderly: The ZENITH study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue , 2005, Pages S22-S25

  McConville, C ^a   Simpson, E E A ^a   Rae, G ^a   Polito, A ^b   Andriollo Sanchez, M ^c   Meunier, N ^d   Stewart Knox, B J ^a   O'Connor J M ^a   Roussel, A M ^c   Cuzzolaro, M ^e   Coudray, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione   (Italy)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Mood; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 28144446815     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602293     Document Type: Article

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