Mediterranean diet and cognitive decline

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 959-963

  Panza, F ^a   Solfrizzi, V ^a   Colacicco, A M ^a   D'Introno, A ^a   Capurso, C ^a   Torres, F ^a   Del Parigi, A ^a,b   Capurso, S ^a   Capurso, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related cognitive decline; Alzheimer's disease; Mediterranean diet; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WINE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; WINE;

EID: 6344294841     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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