Vitamin B-12 and cognition in the elderly1-4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Smith, A David ^a   Refsum, Helga ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

AGING; ANEMIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MILK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 59649103167     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26947D     Document Type: Conference Paper

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