Symposium on nutrition and cognition: Towards research and application for different life stages

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-124

  Benton, David ^a   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^b   Ng, Tze Pin ^c   Siong Tee, E ^d   Isabelle, Mia ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d TES Nutrihealth Strategic Consultancy   (Malaysia)

^e Institute Southeast Asia Region   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain development; Cognition; Cognitive decline; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGED; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84860322626     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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