Vitamin Supplementation in the Elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 355-366

  Joshi, Seema ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Antioxidants; Dietary supplements; Health status; Nutritional requirements; Vitamins administration and dosage

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; COLCHICINE; COLECALCIFEROL; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; ISONIAZID; LEVODOPA; METFORMIN; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIFAMPICIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SELEGILINE; VITAMIN D; ANTIOXIDANT; VITAMIN;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMON COLD; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FALLING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SENILE CATARACT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AVITAMINOSIS; COMPLICATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVITAMINOSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMANS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84945456649     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2015.04.004     Document Type: Review

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