Food supplement use in the community dwelling population aged 50 and over in the Republic of Ireland

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-341

  Peklar, Jure ^a,b   Henman, Martin Charles ^b   Richardson, Kathryn ^b   Kos, Mitja ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Correlates; Elderly; Food supplements; Ireland; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NON SMOKING; PENSIONER; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

VITAMIN;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84880598345     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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