Risk of persistent cobalamin deficiency in adolescents fed a macrobiotic diet in early life

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 664-671

  Van Dusseldorp, Marijke ^a   Schneede, Jorn ^b   Refsum, Helga ^b   Ueland, Per M ^b   Thomas, Chris M G ^b   De Boer, Evelien ^b   Van Staveren, Wija A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cobalamin deficiency; Homocysteine; Macrobiotic diet; Mean corpuscular volume; Methylmalonic acid; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MACROBIOTIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032907570     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.4.664     Document Type: Article

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