The effect of vitamin B12 deficiency on older veterans and its relationship to health

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1199-1206

  Bernard, Marie A ^a,d   Nakonezny, Paul A ^b,d   Kashner, T Michael ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY; VETERAN;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; OKLAHOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VETERANS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031595338     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb04534.x     Document Type: Article

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