What are the recommended guidelines for checking vitamin B12 by primary practitioners?

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-156

  Volkov, Ilia ^a,b   Rudoy, Inna ^a,b   Machagna, Mochamed ^a,b   Glezer, Inna ^a,b   Ganel, Uri ^a,b   Orenshtein, Anna ^a,b   Press, Yan ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35548997431     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780701471001     Document Type: Article

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