Chocolate consumption, cognitive function, and nobel laureates

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1562-1564

  Messerli, Franz H ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPHENOL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CACAO; CANADA; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867584625     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMon1211064     Document Type: Article

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