Iron, folate, and vitamin B12 status in the elderly by gender and ethnicity

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 870-878

  Hinds, Hesma E ^a   Johnson, Allan A ^a   Webb, Marquitta C ^a   Graham, Avis P ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly health; Gender; Race ethnicity; Vitamins and minerals

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNOLOGY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84858852831     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30442-9     Document Type: Article

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