Effects of serum vitamin B 12 and folate status on episodic memory performance in very old age: A population-based study

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 487-496

  Wahlin, Åke ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Hill, Robert D ^b   Bäckman, Lars ^a,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0029956585     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.487     Document Type: Article

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