Tea consumption and cognitive impairment and decline in older Chinese adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 224-231

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Niti, Mathew ^a   Kua, Ee Heok ^a   Yap, Keng Bee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COFFEE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEA;

EID: 47249129974     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.1.224     Document Type: Article

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