Hyperhomocysteinemia and vitamin B-12 deficiency in elderly using Title IIIc nutrition services

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Johnson, Mary Ann ^a   Hawthorne, Nicole A ^a   Brackett, Wimberly R ^a   Fischer, Joan G ^a   Gunter, Elaine W ^b   Allen, Robert H ^c   Stabler, Sally P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Box B170 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cognition; Elderly; Folate; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Pepsinogen I; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PURITAN PRIDE; PYRIDOXINE; WOMENS FORMULA;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037215348     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.1.211     Document Type: Article

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