Micronutrient supplementation in the elderly

Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 30-32

  Dror, Yosef ^a   Stern, Felicia ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISORDERS; FOLIC ACID; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MICRONUTRIENTS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEXTBOOKS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 4444326817     PISSN: 17226996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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