High vitamin B12 level and mortality in elderly inpatients

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-221

  Salles, Nathalie ^a,d   Herrmann, F ^b   Sieber, C ^c   Rapin, C ^b  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AGED; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; NEOPLASM; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 41349105920     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02982624     Document Type: Letter

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