Age-related hearing loss, methylmalonic acid, and Vitamin B12 status in older adults

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 105-120

  Park, Sohyun ^a,c   Johnson, Mary Ann ^b,c,f   Shea Miller, Kelly ^d   De Chicchis, Albert R ^a,c   Allen, Robert H ^a,e   Stabler, Sally P ^a,e  

^a Department of Foods and Nutrition ^*

^b Faculty of Gerontology

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Aging; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING LOSS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 34548706625     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v25n03_08     Document Type: Article

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