Vitamin B-12 deficiency is very prevalent in lactating Guatemalan women and their infants at three months postpartum

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1966-1972

  Casterline, Jennifer E ^a   Allen, Lindsay H ^a   Ruel, Marie T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Folate; Infants; Methylmalonic acid; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0030866169     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.10.1966     Document Type: Article

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