Should all elderly people receive folate supplements?

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 415-420

  Ubbink, Johan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGING; CORONARY DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0032434622     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199813060-00001     Document Type: Article

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