Multivitamin use and B vitamin status in a homebound elderly population

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-303

  Buell, J S ^a,c   Arsenault, L N ^a,c   Scott, T M ^b   Qiao Qiu, W ^b   Rosenberg, I H ^a,c   Folstein, M F ^b   Tucker, Katherine L ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MULTIVITAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RACE DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 34547176377     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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