The mediterranean diet and cognitive function among healthy older adults in a 6-month randomised controlled trial: The MedLey study

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Knight, Alissa ^a   Bryan, Janet ^a   Wilson, Carlene ^b   Hodgson, Jonathan M ^c   Davis, Courtney R ^a   Murphy, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Mediterranean diet; Older adults; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEMORY; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84989325567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8090579     Document Type: Article

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