Vitamin B-12 status is associated with socioeconomic level and adherence to an animal food dietary pattern in Colombian school children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1391-1398

  Villamor, Eduardo ^a   Mora Plazas, Mercedes ^b   Forero, Yibby ^c   Lopez Arana, Sandra ^d   Baylin, Ana ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEEF; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 46249132127     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.7.1391     Document Type: Article

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