Vitamin/trace mineral supplements for the elderly

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 822-824

  McCormick, Donald B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84873558676     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.112.002956     Document Type: Article

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