Functional and psychic deterioration in elderly people may be aggravated by folate deficiency

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1992-1999

  Ortega, Rosa Ma ^a   Mañas, Leocadio Rodriǵguez ^b   Andrés, Pedro ^c   Gaspar, Ma Jesús ^d   Agudo, Francisco Robles ^b   Jiménez, Angel ^c   Pascual, Tomás ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

elderly; folate deficiency; functional capacity; humans; psychic deterioration

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; IRON; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0029742098     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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