Association between vitamin B12-containing supplement consumption and prevalence of biochemically defined B12 deficiency in adults in NHANES III (Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Evatt, Marian L ^a   Terry, Paul D ^b   Ziegler, Thomas R ^a   Oakley Jr , Godfrey P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical B12 deficiency; Cobalamin deficiency; NHANES III; Vitamin B12; Vitamin supplementation

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149124441     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990279     Document Type: Article

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