Epidemiological survey of vitamin deficiencies in older Thai adults: Implications for national policy planning

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Assantachai, Prasert ^a   Lekhakula, Somsong ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Elderly people; Thailand; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLOBULIN; RETINOL; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMUNITY; EATING HABIT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; AGING; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND;

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; AVITAMINOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD HABITS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THAILAND; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33847792119     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000720494X     Document Type: Article

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