Tea drinking and cognitive function in oldest-old Chinese

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 754-758

  Feng, L ^a   Li, J ^a   Ng, T P ^a   Lee, T S ^b   Kua, E H ^a   Zeng, Y ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cognition; Dementia; Oldest old; Tea

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 85027946451     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-012-0077-1     Document Type: Article

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