Vitamin B12, folate, and anemia in old age

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 716-

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Targher, Giovanni ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENESCENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 65249090975     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.28     Document Type: Letter

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