Preventing cognitive decline in usual aging

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2433-2434

  Espeland, Mark A ^a   Henderson, Victor W ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; EPISODIC MEMORY; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33845507515     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.22.2433     Document Type: Editorial

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