Vitamin B12 as a predictor of mortality in elderly patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2035-2036

  Hemmersbach Miller, Marion ^a   Conde Martel, Alicia ^a   Betancor León, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COBALAMIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ELDERLY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 29244460652     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00479_2.x     Document Type: Letter

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