Dietary supplementation by older adults in southern China: A hospital outpatient clinic study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 39-

  Liang, Wenbin ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^a,b   Binns, Colin W ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CORDYCEPS EXTRACT; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPOLIS; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 70450263427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-39     Document Type: Article

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