Trace element levels and cognitive function in rural elderly Chinese

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 635-641

  Gao, Sujuan ^a   Jin, Yinlong ^d   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^a   Ma, Feng ^d   Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Murrell, Jill R ^a   Cheng, Yibin ^d   Shen, Jianzhao ^a   Ying, Bo ^d   Ji, Rongdi ^d   Matesan, Janetta ^a   Liang, Chaoke ^d   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Calcium; Cognitive function; Copper; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHINA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LEAD; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 50949105300     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.6.635     Document Type: Article

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