Thiamine deficiency is prevalent in a selected group of urban Indonesian elderly people

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 366-371

  Juguan, Jocelyn Andrade ^a   Lukito, Widjaja ^a   Schultink, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Body mass index; Indonesian elderly; Micronutrients; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; RETINOL; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032942853     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.2.366     Document Type: Article

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