Behaviors underlying the use of nonvitamin nonmineral dietary supplements in a healthy elderly cohort

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-7

  Wold, Rosemary S ^a   Wayne, Sharon J ^b   Waters, Debra L ^c   Baumgartner, Richard N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Dietary supplements; Elderly; Healthy; Nonmineral; Nonvitamin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947317077     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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