Micronutrient needs of the elderly

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 435-444

  Montgomery, Stephanie C ^a   Streit, Stephanie M ^a   Beebe, Mara Lee ^b   Maxwell IV, Pinckney J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Avitaminosis; Deficiency; Geriatrics; Nutritional status; Trace elements; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; YOGHURT; ZINC; COBALAMIN;

AGED; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BEAN; BEEF; CARROT; CHEESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EGG; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT JUICE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON INTAKE; KALE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEA; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PLANT; POPULATION; POULTRY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; ROOT VEGETABLE; SEA FOOD; SOYBEAN; SPINACH; SQUASH; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84908622886     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533614537684     Document Type: Review

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