The Mediterranean diet as prevention strategy for dementia as a multicausal geriatric syndrome

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1411-

  Aalbers, Teun ^a   Baars, Lia ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; THINKING;

AGING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84878417326     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.062232     Document Type: Letter

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