Further evidence on the effects of vitamin B12 and folate levels on episodic memory functioning: A population-based study of healthy very old adults

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1472-1480

  Hassing, Linda ^a   Wahlin, Åke ^b   Winblad, Bengt ^b   Bäckman, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B12; Episodic memory; Folic acid; Population based; Very old; Vitamin status

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032860430     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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