Cognitive performance among the elderly and dietary fish intake: The Hordaland Health Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1470-1478

  Nurk, Eha ^a,b   Drevon, Christian A ^b   Refsum, Helga ^a,b   Solvoll, Kari ^b   Vollset, Stein E ^c   Nygård, Ottar ^c   Nygaard, Harald A ^c   Engedal, Knut ^d   Tell, Grethe S ^c   Smith, A David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive deficit; Elderly; Fish; Fish oils; Processed fish; Seafood

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA FOOD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 36248932727     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.5.1470     Document Type: Article

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