Serum concentrations of vitamin B12 and folate in British male omnivores, vegetarians and vegans: Results from a cross-sectional analysis of the EPIC-Oxford cohort study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 933-939

  Gilsing, A M J ^a   Crowe, F L ^a   Lloyd Wright, Z ^b   Sanders, T A B ^b   Appleby, P N ^a   Allen, N E ^a   Key, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

folate; vegan; vegetarian; vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EUROPE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OMNIVORE; VEGETARIAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956338946     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.142     Document Type: Article

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