Cognitive function in healthy older European adults: The ZENITH study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue , 2005, Pages S26-S30

  Simpson, E E A ^a   Maylor, E A ^b   Rae, G ^a   Meunier, N ^c   Andriollo Sanchez, M ^d   Catasta, G ^e   McConville, C ^a   Ferry, M ^d   Polito, A ^e   Stewart Knox, B J ^a   Secker, D L ^f   Coudray, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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

^f CAMBRIDGE COGNITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cantab; Cognition; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; ITALY; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 28144464106     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602294     Document Type: Article

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