Serum folate and vitamin B12 status in healthy Iranian adults

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1285-1292

  Shams, M ^a   Homayouni, K ^b   Omrani, G R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Shiraz University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 73249148254     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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