Serum homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 in Venezuelan elderly;Homocisteína, acido fólico y vitamina B12 en adultos mayores venezolanos

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Meertens G , Lesbia ^a   Díaz W , Nayka ^a   Solano R , Liseti ^a   Baron, Maria Adela ^a   Rodríguez M , Adelmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Elderly; Folate; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; VENEZUELA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; VENEZUELA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35848959073     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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