Prevalence and diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1273-1274

  Eggersten, Robert ^a   Nilsson, Thomas ^a   Lindstedt, Göran ^a   Lundberg, Per Arne ^a   Kilander, Anders ^a   Lindgren, Anders ^a   Nyström, Ernst ^a  

^a NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN;

AGED; AGING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AGED; FEMALE; GASTRINS; HUMANS; MALE; PEPSINOGENS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029797699     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01388.x     Document Type: Letter

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