Effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on immune function in older people: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1429-1436

  Gibson, Andrew ^a   Edgar, J David ^b   Neville, Charlotte E ^a   Gilchrist, Sarah E C M ^a   McKinley, Michelle C ^a   Patterson, Chris C ^a   Young, Ian S ^a   Woodside, Jayne V ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; LYCOPENE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VACCINATION; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TETANUS TOXOID; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84869819405     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.039057     Document Type: Article

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