Use of folic acid-fortified milk in the elderly population

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 336-339

  Keane, E M ^a,b   O'Broin, S ^a   Kelleher, B ^a   Coakley, D ^a   Walsh, J B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Folic acid; Fortified milk

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031795290     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022038     Document Type: Article

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