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Effect of a mixture of micronutrients, but not of bovine colostrum concentrate, on immune function parameters in healthy volunteers: a randomized placebo-controlled study

Overview of attention for article published in Nutrition Journal, November 2006
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (88th percentile)

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Title
Effect of a mixture of micronutrients, but not of bovine colostrum concentrate, on immune function parameters in healthy volunteers: a randomized placebo-controlled study
Published in
Nutrition Journal, November 2006
DOI 10.1186/1475-2891-5-28
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Authors

Danielle AW Wolvers, Wendy MR van Herpen-Broekmans, Margot HGM Logman, Reggy PJ van der Wielen, Ruud Albers

Abstract

Supplementation of nutritional deficiencies helps to improve immune function and resistance to infections in malnourished subjects. However, the suggested benefits of dietary supplementation for immune function in healthy well nourished subjects is less clear. Among the food constituents frequently associated with beneficial effects on immune function are micronutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene and zinc, and colostrum. This study was designed to investigate the effects these ingredients on immune function markers in healthy volunteers.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 84 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Netherlands 1 1%
Unknown 81 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 18 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 14%
Student > Master 9 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Student > Postgraduate 5 6%
Other 13 15%
Unknown 22 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 24%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 18%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Other 11 13%
Unknown 27 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 November 2020.
All research outputs
#4,010,568
of 22,760,687 outputs
Outputs from Nutrition Journal
#698
of 1,426 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#17,652
of 155,152 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nutrition Journal
#6
of 7 outputs
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