The association of antioxidants and cognition in the Nurses' Health Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-41

  Devore, Elizabeth E ^a   Kang, Jae H ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; cognition; cohort studies; diet

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CAROTENOID; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSES; VITAMIN E; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84871752145     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws202     Document Type: Article

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