Vitamin B12 deficiency in African American and white octogenarians and centenarians in Georgia

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Johnson, Mary Ann ^a   Hausman, D B ^a   Davey, A ^b   Poon, L W ^c   Allen, R H ^d   Stabler, S P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLCITRATE; CITRIC ACID; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PEPSINOGEN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952731057     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0077-y     Document Type: Article

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