Subnormal vitamin B12 concentrations and anaemia in older people: A systematic review

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Den Elzen, Wendy P J ^a   Van Der Weele, Gerda M ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AGE; AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77953728680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-42     Document Type: Article

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