Folate nutrition and older adults: Challenges and opportunities

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-173

  Koehler, Kathleen M ^a   Pareo Tubbeh, Shirley L ^a   Romero, Linda J ^a   Baumgartner, Richard N ^a   Garry, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031028811     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(97)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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