Effect of low dose ω-3 poly unsaturated fatty acids on cognitive status among older people: A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study

Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mahmoudi, Mohammad J ^a   Hedayat, Mona ^a   Sharifi, Farshad ^b   Mirarefin, Mojde ^b   Nazari, Neda ^b,c   Mehrdad, Neda ^b   Ghaderpanahi, Mayam ^b   Tajalizadekhoob, Yaser ^b   Badamchizade, Zohre ^b   Larijani, Bagher ^b   Alatab, Sudabeh ^b   Alizadeh, Mahtab ^b   Arzaghi, Seyed M ^b   Najafi, Baharak ^b   Fakhrzadeh, Hossein ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Kahrizak Charity Foundation   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84908162899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22516581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6581-13-34     Document Type: Article

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