title: The 1996 John M. Kinney International Award for Nutrition and Metabolism. "Acute phase response and plasma carotenoid concentrations in older women: findings from the Nun Study": background.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0003, USA.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Boosalis
mesh_terms: D000210:Acute-Phase Reaction; D000368:Aged; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood*; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014481:United States; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins; D002338:Carotenoids; D003300:Copper; D005340:Fibrinogen; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D015032:Zinc