Vitamin B-12 deficiency is prevalent in 35- to 64-year-old Chinese adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1278-1285

  Hao, Ling ^a   Ma, Jing ^b   Zhu, Jianghui ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^b,c   Tian, Yihua ^a   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Li, Zhu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247846068     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.5.1278     Document Type: Article

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