Multivitamin supplementation improves nutritional status and bone quality in aged care residents

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 558-565

  Grieger, J A ^a   Nowson, C A ^a   Jarman, H F ^a   Malon, R ^b   Ackland, L M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Monash Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOFLAVONOID; BIOTIN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLINE; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; GINSENG EXTRACT; INOSITOL; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENATE CALCIUM; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGESTION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORNING DOSAGE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MOBILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF MEDICATION; TABLET FORMULATION; VERTIGO; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; HAND STRENGTH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 64249123161     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602963     Document Type: Article

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