A trend of low serum vitamin B12 in Jordanian adults from two ethnic groups in Amman

Jordan Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Hakooz, Nancy ^a   Abu Dahab, Rana ^a   Arafat, Tawfiq ^b   Hamad, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arabs; Circassians; Jordanian Adults; Suboptimal Serum Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33749471619     PISSN: 04469283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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