Vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue , 1999, Pages 357-377

  Baik, H W ^a   Russell, R M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophic gastritis; Food fortification; Hypochlorhydria; Malabsorption of protein bound vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PEPSIN SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH JUICE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; DIET; FOOD; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AGING; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET; FOOD; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032588494     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.19.1.357     Document Type: Review

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