Folate and vitamin B12 status of a multiethnic adult population

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-72

  Nath, Subrata D ^a   Koutoubi, Samer ^b   Huffman, Fatma G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Bitamin B12; Folate; Minorities

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 30544455555     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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