Homocysteine and vitamin status in older people in Perth [1]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 539-540

  Flicker, Leon A ^a   Vasikaran, Samuel D ^b   Thomas, Jenny ^c   Acres, John G ^a   Norman, Paul E ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^d   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a   Leedman, Peter J ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LETTER; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2542469644     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06061.x     Document Type: Letter

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