Indicators for assessing folate and vitamin B-12 status and for monitoring the efficacy of intervention strategies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Green, Ralph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79960876922     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.009613     Document Type: Review

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