Prevalence and determinants of dietary supplement and non-prescription medicine use by men and women over 53 years old in Taiwan. Results from a population-based cross-sectional survey

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-197

  Tsai, Alan C ^a   Liou, Jenn Chang ^b   Chang, Jack M C ^b   Chuang, Yi Li ^c   Lin, Shu Hui ^c   Lin, Yu Hsuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Elderly; Non prescription medicine; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869127548     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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