High frequency of low serum levels of vitamin B12 among patients attending Jordan University Hospital

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 853-860

  Barghouti, F F ^a   Younes, N A ^a   Halaseh, L J ^a   Said, T T ^a   Ghraiz, S M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 73149110805     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.4.853     Document Type: Article

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