Screening for cobalamin deficiency in geriatric outpatients: Prevalence and influence of synthetic cobalamin intake

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 624-630

  Rajan, Suparna ^a,b   Wallace, Jeffrey I ^c   Beresford, Shirley A A ^d   Brodkin, Kayla I ^a   Allen, Robert A ^c   Stabler, Sally P ^c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Older adults; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; COBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036217326     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50155.x     Document Type: Article

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