Dietary quality may enhance survival related to cognitive impairment in Taiwanese elderly

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chen, Rosalind Chia Yu ^a   Chang, Yu Hung ^a   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^b,c   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dietary diversity; Elderly; Fruit; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET; DIETARY DIVERSITY SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 83755173808     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v55i0.7387     Document Type: Article

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