Dietary strategies for improving folate status in institutionalized elderly persons

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1611-1615

  Bermejo, Laura M ^a   Aparicio, Aránzazu ^a   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Elena ^a   López Sobaler, Ana M ^a   Andrés, Pedro ^a   Ortega, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary strategies; Elderly persons; Folate; Fortified food; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; MARGARINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SPAIN; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MARGARINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 67649429396     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508118736     Document Type: Article

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