Serum concentration and dietary intake of vitamins A and E in low-income South African elderly

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Oldewage Theron, Wilna H ^a   Samuel, Folake O ^a,b   Djoulde, Roger D ^a,c  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Diet; Elderly; Nutrition; Serum; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; NICOTINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NUT; NUTRIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 75949103365     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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