Antioxidant nutrients and age-related cognitive decline: A systematic review of population-based cohort studies

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1553-1567

  Rafnsson, Snorri Bjorn ^a,b   Dilis, Vardis ^a   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a,c  

^a HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cognition; Elderly; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; FLAVONOID; SELENIUM;

ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NARRATIVE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELENIUM; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84891834452     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-013-0541-7     Document Type: Review

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